Taxon:
Eugenia uniflora L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:470. 1753
Verified:
05/23/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Brazil-cherry – Surinam-cherry – French
cerisier carré – cerisier de Cayenne – German
Cayennekirsche – Surinamkirsche – Surinam-Kirschmyrte – Portuguese
pitanga-da-praia – Portuguese (Brazil)
pitanga-mulata – pitanga-roxa – pitanga-vermelha – Spanish
cerezo de Cayena – nagapiry – pitanga – Swedish
körsbärsmyrten –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraná | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Santa Catarina | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | São Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Catamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Chaco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Corrientes | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Entre Ríos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Formosa | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Jujuy | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Misiones | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Salta | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santa Fe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Tucumán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | La Paz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Santa Cruz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Tarija | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. in tropics |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | s.e. |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia [La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucumán], Paraguay, Uruguay
Cultivated
(also cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Northern America
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REGION:
United States (s.e.)
Southern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Human food | fruit | fide Pl Book; Cornucopia; Invasive Pl Spec | Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft) |