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Eugenia uniflora
Also called Brazil Cherry, Brazilian Cherry, Honey Berry, Suriname Cherry, Pitanga, Honeyberry
In Singapore: Surinam Cherry, Cayenne Cherry, Chermai Belanda, Red Brazil Cherry, Brazilian Cherry, 红果仔, 番樱桃 (Grown in Singapore)
Surinam cherry is a large shrub or small slow-growing tree from South America, widely grown as a hedge and for its edible red-to-purple fruit. It needs warmth and sun to fruit well, and it can become invasive in frost-free climates.
Eugenia uniflora is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to tropical and subtropical South America's east coast, ranging from Suriname, French Guiana to southern Brazil, as well as Uruguay and parts of Paraguay and Argentina.
It is also known as Brazilian cherry, Cayenne cherry, cerisier carré, monkimonki kersie, ñangapirí, pitanga, shimarucu, and Suriname cherry.
Eugenia azeda · Grumichama · Eugenia calycina · Eugenia paranapanemensis · Eugenia pitanga · Eugenia pyriformis · Mountain stopper · Eugenia squamiflora · Araca-boi · Eugenia subterminalis · Eugenia valsuganana · Stopper
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eugenia uniflora 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.
