Eugenia 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
Description - Shrubs or trees, with usually glabrous foliage. Leaves opposite, commonly leathery, pinnately-veined, the flowers axillary, solitary or in umbellike, raceme-like or congested clusters. Calyx-lobes 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5, white. Stamens numerous; filaments filiform, distinct and in several series, or aggregated into 4 groups and slightly united. Ovary sessile, 2-3-celled. Ovules several in each cavity. Berries crowned by the calyx-lobes. Seeds often 1-4. Embryo with thick cotyledons and a short radicle. [Xamed in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), a patron of botany and horticulture.] About 600 species, of tropical distribution. Type species: Eugenia unifiora L.