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Small Leaved Myrtle

Eugenia verdoorniae

Also called Small Leaved Myrtleberry, Small Leaf Myrtle

Eugenia verdoorniae is a small shrub or tree from the myrtle family, native to the Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is grown mainly as a garden or landscape shrub in mild climates, and is threatened in the wild by habitat loss.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral soil or a loam-based potting mix.
Temperature
Mild, subtropical conditions; protect below about 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
subtropical

About

Eugenia verdoorniae is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It a shrub or tree native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Eugenia plants

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 verdoorniae 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.

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