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Family:

Myrtaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Description:

Author: Maria Lúcia Kawasaki

Description: Shrubs or small trees to 4 m tall. Leaves: petioles 3-5 mm long; blades ovate or elliptic, 3-5 × 1.5-2.5 cm, drying brownish-green, paler below, coriaceous, glabrous, indistinctly punctate above, densely pellucid-punctate below, the base cuneate to obtuse, the apex acute to bluntly acuminate; midvein impressed on the upper surface; lateral veins 5-8 pairs, indistinct above, salient below; marginal vein 1, the innermost 1-2 mm from the cartilaginous margin. Inflorescences axillary, racemose, appearing fasciculate, with 2-4 flowers; peduncles inconspicuous; pedicels 10-15 mm long, the bracteoles lanceolate, to 1 mm long, persistent. Flowers: buds obovoid, 2-3 mm long; hypanthium smooth, glabrous; calyx lobes ovate, 1-2 mm long; petals ca. 4 mm long, glabrous; stamens ca. 5 mm long; style ca. 5 mm long. Fruits globose, ca. 8 mm diam., glabrous; seeds ca. 5 mm long.

Common names: None recorded

Distribution: Southern Florida (USA), Mexico, Central America, and West Indies (McVaugh, 1989).

Ecology: Dry scrub on steep slopes.

Phenology: Fr in Mar.

Pollination: No observations recorded.

Dispersal: No observations recorded but the fruits are most likely eaten by animals, especially birds, and the seeds dispersed by them.

Uses: None recorded

Taxonomic notes: This species description was prepared for the Plants and Lichens of Saba project and most accurately describes it as it occurs on this island.

Etymology: The epithet most likely refers to the shape of the leaves of this species.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Eugenia rhombea (O.Berg) Krug & Urb.: [Book] Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.