Eugenia mooniana
| Eugenia mooniana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eugenia |
| Species: | E. mooniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Eugenia mooniana Wight | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eugenia mooniana, is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family which is native to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.
It is a 8m tall tree with terete branchlets. Leaves are simple, opposite; lamina elliptic to narrow elliptic; apex caudate-acuminate with blunt tip; base acute to rounded with entire margin.[2] Flowers are white colored. Fruit is a globose, glabrous, single-seeded berry.[3] Flowering starts from October and ends in December.[4] The plant is known as pinibaru by Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka.
References
- ↑ "Eugenia mooniana". The Plant List (2015). Version 1.1. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
- ↑ "Eugenia thwaitesii Duthie | Species | India Biodiversity Portal". Indiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ↑ "Eugenia thwaitesii - MYRTACEAE". Biotik.org. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ↑ "Eugenia mooniana (MYRTACEAE) :". Keralaplants.in. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
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