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Woodbury's stopper

Eugenia woodburyana

Also called Woodbury’s Stopper

Woodbury's stopper
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Puerto Rico
Climate
wet tropical

About

Eugenia woodburyana (Woodbury's stopper) is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. It is threatened by habitat loss.

E. woodburyana is an evergreen tree which grows up to 6 metres (20 ft) tall. It has hairy oval leaves up to 2 centimeters long by 1.5 wide which are oppositely arranged. The inflorescence is a cluster of up to 5 white flowers borne in the leaf axils. The fruit is an approximately spherical red berry with eight wings, up to a diameter of 2 centimeters.

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 woodburyana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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