Eugenia calycina

Eugenia calycina
Fruiting Eugenia calycina plant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eugenia
Species:
E. calycina
Binomial name
Eugenia calycina
Cambess. (1832)
Varieties

Eugenia calycina var. herbacea (O.Berg) Mattos

Synonyms
  • Eugenia calycina var. calycina
  • Eugenia goyazensis Nied.
  • Eugenia lundiana Kiaersk.
  • Phyllocalyx calycinus (Cambess.) O.Berg
  • Phyllocalyx regelianus Berg
  • Eugenia calycina var. herbacea:
  • Eugenia jaguariaevensis var. brevipedunculata Mattos
  • Eugenia jaguariaivensis Mattos
  • Eugenia jaguariaivensis var. brevipedunculata Mattos
  • Eugenia suffrutescens Nied.
  • Eugenia suffrutescens var. brevipedunculata (Mattos) Mattos
  • Phyllocalyx herbaceus Berg

Eugenia calycina, also known as savannah cherry, field cherry, Jabuti cherry, Grão de galo, cerejinha, cereja do cerrado, pitanga-vermelha, red pitanga, cherry of the Cerrado, and ca-ajaboti, is a flowering shrub in the family Myrtaceae.[1] The specific epithet (calycina) comes from Latin calycinus, meaning having a notable calyx.

  1. ^ "Eugenia calycina - Useful Tropical Plants". tropical.theferns.info. Retrieved 13 March 2021.