Eugenia uniflora L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Myrtaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub or small tree up to 5 m. high, with slender branches. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, dark green and shining above, paler beneath, bluntly acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, dotted, thin in texture, 2.5-6 cm. long; pedicels solitary or few together, very slender, glabrous, about 2.5 cm. long, bracted at the base and 2-bracteolate near the summit; calyx-lobes linear-oblong, obtusish; petals about twice as long as the calyxlobes; fruit subglobose, longitudinally furrowed, 8-10 mm. in diameter, bright red, spicy, edible.
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Discussion
Apparently only spontaneous after cultivation, though recorded as indigenous by Dollev, and admitted into the Bahamas by Grisebach. New Providence : Bermuda : Cuba to Trinidad and South America : Jamaica ; Cayman Islands ; introduced into the Old World tropics. Native of South America. Surinam Cherry.
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Distribution
New Providence : Bermuda : Cuba to Trinidad and South America : Jamaica ; Cayman Islands ; introduced into the Old World tropics. Native of South America.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Cuba South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| South America| Jamaica South America| Cayman Islands South America|