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North America distribution zone

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Eugenia ligustrina (Sw.) Willd.

Myrtaceae

SE North America (West Indies) South America (tropics)

sci xer

dr (leaves decoction taken orally for leukorrhea) fd (fruits)

Eugenia buxifolia Bello non (Sw.) Willd. Eugenia ligustrina var. hebecarpa Amshoff Myrtus bracteiflora Sessé & Moç. Myrtus cerasina Vahl Myrtus ligustrina Sw. Phyllocalyx ligustrinus O.Berg Stenocalyx ligustrinus (Sw.) O.Berg

birchberry eugenia; birchberry (Puerto Rico); black-cherry, blackberry (St. Eustatius, St. Maarten); privet stopper (Puerto Rico)

eugénie noire; bois ti-feuilles (Martinique); cerise noire, grosse merise, merisier noir; mérisier (St. Barthélemy); mérisier noir (Martinique)

arraiján (Cuba); arraiján, arrayán (Dominican Republic); birijí, cafeicito (Cuba); escobón de aguja (Dominican Republic); granadilla, granadillo, hoja menuda, paba multa (Puerto Rico); palo de muleta (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); palo de multa, palo de murta (Puerto Rico)

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Latin name	Eugenia ligustrina (Sw.) Willd.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci xer
Use	dr (leaves decoction taken orally for leukorrhea) fd (fruits)
Synonym	Eugenia buxifolia Bello non (Sw.) Willd. Eugenia ligustrina var. hebecarpa Amshoff Myrtus bracteiflora Sessé & Moç. Myrtus cerasina Vahl Myrtus ligustrina Sw. Phyllocalyx ligustrinus O.Berg Stenocalyx ligustrinus (Sw.) O.Berg
English name	birchberry eugenia; birchberry (Puerto Rico); black-cherry, blackberry (St. Eustatius, St. Maarten); privet stopper (Puerto Rico)
French name	eugénie noire; bois ti-feuilles (Martinique); cerise noire, grosse merise, merisier noir; mérisier (St. Barthélemy); mérisier noir (Martinique)
Spanish name	arraiján (Cuba); arraiján, arrayán (Dominican Republic); birijí, cafeicito (Cuba); escobón de aguja (Dominican Republic); granadilla, granadillo, hoja menuda, paba multa (Puerto Rico); palo de muleta (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); palo de multa, palo de murta (Puerto Rico)
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