Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eugenia eggersii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eugenia eggersii is an evergreen shrub or a tree that can grow up to 18 metres tall with a trunk 30 - 37cm in diameter[ 567 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 8 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Government Printing Office; Washington. Year 1905 ISBN Description Includes an article on the economic plants of Puerto Rico. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ] The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCaribbean - Puerto Rico

HabitatAn understorey shrub or a tree in moist limestone, mountain forests; at elevations from 300 - 900 metres[ 448 Title Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Second Volume. Publication Author Little E.L.; Woodbury R.O.;Wadsworth F.H. Publisher USDA, Forest Service; Washington. Year 1974 ISBN Description Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 500 tree species, including both native and exotic species. ].