Cherry Of The Rio Grande
Eugenia bracteata
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- March-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eugenia bracteata
- Genus
- Eugenia
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Scrub forests & Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Haryana, Puducherry, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Nagaland, Tripura, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Lakshadweep
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Myrtaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“Flowers are white in color and have four-petals.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“Fruit is a deep orange-colored berry.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cherry Of The Rio Grande itself; the rest are typical of the Myrtaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Cherry Of The Rio Grande
Cherry of the Rio Grande (Eugenia bracteata) is a tree in the Myrtaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 32 other states. It grows in scrub forests & Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to November.
Myrtaceae
Myrtle/Eucalyptus family
Cherry Of The Rio Grande belongs to the Myrtaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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