Eugenia stipitata · B.inomen

Eugenia stipitata, a reference photo — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Eugenia stipitata (Araza, Portuguese common names araçá, araçá-boi Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɾɐˈsa ˈboj], Spanish common name arazá, from Guarani arasa; also known as membrillo in Ecuador) is a fruit tree native to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Eugenia stipitata 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

Campomanesia phaea
Eugenia pyriformis

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eugenia
Species: Eugenia stipitata

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