Eugenia brasiliensis, with common names Brazil cherry and grumichama, is a medium-sized tree (maximum 20 meters height) endemic (native) to southern Brazil which bears small fruits that are purple to black in color, and have a sweet cherry to plum-like flavor.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Grumichama 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
- Pimenta racemosa
- Eugenia involucrata
- Carallia brachiata
- Syzygium australe
- Psidium cattleyanum
- Syzygium paucivenium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Eugenia
- Species
- Eugenia brasiliensis
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