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Eugenia uniflora
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Eugenia uniflora L., Sp. Pl. 470. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 505. 1879; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 290. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Mulakunelli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Barbados cherry, Brazilian Cherry, Cayenne cherry, Pitanga, Surinam Cherry
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Description:
Much branched large shrubs; bud puberulent, parts otherwise glabrous; branches terete, slender, pale brown. Leaves opposite, 3.6-5 x 1.3-3 cm ovate, chartaceous, densely punctuate, base broadly cuneate or obtuse, apex bluntly subacuminate or obtuse; lateral nerves c. 5 pairs, sinuate, arching and branching within the margin but not uniting to from a distinct intramarginal nerve, midrib slender, elevated beneath; petiole 2-3 mm long, short. Flowers 1-3, axillary, white, on -2 cm long very slender peduncles. Calyx -2 mm long, funnel-shaped, lobes 4, 4 x 2 mm, oblong, subacute, reflexed at anthesis. Stamens 5 mm long. Fruit 2.5 cm diameter, depressed-globose, prominently ribbed, succulent, crimson, with small, prominent apical calyx segments.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-July
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of tropical America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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