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Myrcianthes pungens, the guabiyu, is a small South American tree in the myrtle family, grown as an ornamental in parks, gardens and as a shrub hedge. It is hardy and tolerant, with edible purple berries.
Myrcianthes pungens, the guabiyu, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a tree native to northern Argentina, central and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The species was first described as Eugenia pungens by Otto Karl Berg in 1857. In 1968 Carlos Maria Diego Enrique Legrand placed the species in genus Myrcianthes as M. pungens.
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in parks and gardens, being able as a shrub for colorful fences. The leaves can be used scattered on the ground in areas where flies abound, since when crushed they release a resin that drives them away.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrcianthes pungens 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.
