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Eugenia
Also called Eugenias, Stoppers
Eugenia is a large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, mostly from tropical and subtropical regions. Many members are grown for their glossy foliage, and a few for edible fruit.
Eugenia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,100 species occur in the New World tropics, especially in the eastern Brazil's northern Andes, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Forest (coastal forests). Other centers of diversity include New Caledonia and Madagascar. Many species in the Old World have received a new classification into the genus Syzygium.
All species are woody evergreen trees and shrubs. Several are grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage, and a few produce edible fruit that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies.
Eugenia species are sometimes used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genera Aenetus (including A. splendens) and Endoclita (including E. damor and E. malabaricus). Aenetus species burrow horizontally into the trunk then vertically down. Other Lepidoptera larvae which feed on Eugenia include Eupseudosoma aberrans and the snowy eupseudosoma.
Eugenia azeda · Grumichama · Eugenia calycina · Eugenia paranapanemensis · Eugenia pitanga · Eugenia pyriformis · Mountain stopper · Eugenia squamiflora · Araca-boi · Eugenia subterminalis · Surinam cherry · Eugenia valsuganana
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eugenia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
