Eugenia mcvaughii
Steyerm. & Lasser
Myrtaceae Edible: Fruit
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | GDI 2013-2015
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | GDI 2013-2015
Description
A tropical tree in the Myrtaceae (myrtle) family native to the coastal mountains of Venezuela. The species is endangered.
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Edible Uses
Fruit. Fleshy. The dull yellow, depressed-subglobose fruit is up to 20mm long and 25 - 35cm (occasionally to 50mm) in diameter, containing a single seed.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the coastal mountains of Venezuela.
Where It Grows
South America, Venezuela,
Cultivation
Eugenia mcvaughii is a plant of the wet tropics.
Notes
It is endangered.
References (1)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 356
