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Eugenia foetida
Also called Spanish Stopper, White Wattling, Box Leaf Eugenia
Eugenia foetida, known as boxleaf stopper or Spanish stopper, is a small tree or shrub from the Myrtle family native to coastal areas of Florida, the Caribbean, and Central America. It is best grown as a tough, warm-climate landscape plant in frost-free areas.
Eugenia foetida is a member of the family Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, and is colloquially referred to as "Spanish stopper" or "boxleaf stopper."
It is found year-round in the understory of mangrove forests, coastal hammocks and dunes in coastal, central to southern Florida, and east in the Bahamas.
Eugenia abbreviata · Eugenia aboukirensis · Eugenia aceitillo · Eugenia acrisepala · Eugenia acunae · Eugenia acutissima · Eugenia albida · Eugenia amoena · Eugenia amplifolia · Very Fine Leafed Cherry · Eugenia arianae · White stopper
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eugenia foetida 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
