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Eugenia pitanga, the savanna pitanga, is a deciduous shrub of South American grasslands that spreads into dense thickets from its rhizomatous rootstock and bears small edible red fruit. It is grown mainly as a fruiting shrub in warm, sunny spots with well-drained soil.
Eugenia pitanga, commonly known as pitanga do cerrado or savanna pitanga, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is found in the savannahs and grasslands of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. It is a deciduous shrub that grows up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall, has rhizomatous rootstock allowing it to form dense thickets, and produces red, edible fruit, 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) in diameter.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eugenia pitanga 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.
