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Taxon:  Eugenia pyriformis Cambess.



Summary
Genus:
Eugenia
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Myrteae
Nomen number:
409847
Place of publication:
A. F. C. P. de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. merid. 2:336. 1832
Verified:
05/18/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Eugenia pyriformis Cambess. var. pyriformis (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Eugenia pyriformis Cambess. var. uvalha (Cambess.) D. Legrand

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eugenia uvalha Cambess.
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Reference(s)
  1. Bernardi, L. 1985. Contribución a la dendrología paraguaya. II. Boissiera 37:115.
  2. Dubs, B. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. 1998
  3. Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist of Myrtaceae. 2008
  4. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
  5. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  6. Kawasaki, L. 2011. Review of Myrtaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Reitz, R., ed. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965-
  9. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999
Common names
French
jamboisier rouge –
German
Kirschmyrte –
Portuguese
uvaia –
uvalha –
Spanish
perita costeña –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso do Sul 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilParana 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRio Grande do Sul 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilSanta Catarina 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilSao Paulo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCorrientes 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaMisiones 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo]
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Corrientes, Misiones], Paraguay, Uruguay
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage base Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
Human foodfruit Reitz, R., ed. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409847. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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