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Myrtaceae Text © Pietro Puccio English translation by Mario
Beltramini This species is native to southern Brazil (Paraná,
Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and Sao Paulo), where it grows in
the humid coastal forests on mainly sandy soils. The genus was
dedicated to the memory of the general, diplomat and patron
Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736); the Latin name of the species,
“brasiliensis” = of Brazil, refers to its origin country. Common
names: Brazil-cherry, Brazilian plum, grumichama, Spanish cherry
(English); cerisier du Brésil, jambosier du Brésil (French);
grumixama, grumixa- meira (Portuguese); cereza brasileña
(Spanish); Brasilianische Kirschmyrte (German). The Eugenia
brasiliensis Lam. (1789) is an erect, rather slow-growing,
evergreen tree, up to about 10 m tall, with greyish bark which,
with the age, gets fissured and peels in papery strips, and
thick foliage. The leaves, on an about 1 cm long petiole, are
opposite, obovate or elliptic with c