Eugenia involucrata, the Cherry of the Rio Grande, is an evergreen shrub native to Brazil which bears small fruits that are dark red to purple in color and have a sweet cherry-like flavor. They are hardy to 20 °F (−7 °C) when mature, though younger plants should be protected from frosts.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cherry of the Rio Grande 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 luschnathiana
- Eugenia sulcata
- Eugenia brasiliensis
- Syzygium australe
- Psidium friedrichsthalianum
- Syzygium paniculatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Eugenia
- Species
- Eugenia involucrata
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