Eugenia biflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southeastern Mexico through Central and South America to Bolivia and central Brazil, including Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Cayman, Leeward, and Windward Islands in the Caribbean. It grows in lowland tropical moist forests.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Blackrodwood being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eugenia confusa
- Decaspermum gracilentum
- Decaspermum humile
- Archirhodomyrtus beckleri
- Syzygium luehmannii
- Myrciaria floribunda
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Eugenia
- Species
- Eugenia biflora
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