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Eugenia reinwardtiana
Also called Cedar Bay cherry, Beach cherry
Mountain stopper is a shrub to small tree in the myrtle family, grown for its sweet, edible orange-red fruit and as an ornamental in tropical gardens. It is best kept in a warm, humid, frost-free climate and is easily grown from fresh seed.
Eugenia reinwardtiana is a shrub to small tree in the family Myrtaceae. Native to tropical forests in Indonesia, the Australian state of Queensland, and many Pacific Islands, its common names include Cedar Bay cherry, beach cherry, Australian beach cherry, mountain stopper, nīoi (Hawaiian), and a'abang (Chamorro). They are typically 2 to 6 m (6.6 to 19.7 ft) in height.
The tree is particularly common around the Cedar Bay National Park in northern Australia and the edible fruit was especially popular with the hippies who lived there in the 1970s.
The tree is cultivated to a limited extent for its edible sweetish fruit that is often eaten out-of-hand, used to flavour drinks and candies, or as a preserve. The fruit is a source of antioxidants.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eugenia reinwardtiana 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.
