Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eugenia moschata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eugenia moschata is an evergreen shrub or a tree growing around 3 - 4 metres tall in one report[ 757 Title Fruit Trees and Useful Plants in Amazonian Life Publication Non-Wood Forest Products 20. Author Shanley P.; Cymerys M.; Serra M.; Medina G. (Editors) Website http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2360e/i2360e.pdf Publisher FAO, United Nations Year 2011 ISBN 978-92-5-107007-9 Description Quite a lot of information on a number of useful plants growing in the Amazon. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ], but up to 15 metres tall in another[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. , 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern and northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama

HabitatUpland riverine forest, especially near rapids, and also in marsh forest, sometimes in bamboo thickets[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. , 757 Title Fruit Trees and Useful Plants in Amazonian Life Publication Non-Wood Forest Products 20. Author Shanley P.; Cymerys M.; Serra M.; Medina G. (Editors) Website http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2360e/i2360e.pdf Publisher FAO, United Nations Year 2011 ISBN 978-92-5-107007-9 Description Quite a lot of information on a number of useful plants growing in the Amazon. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].