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Myrcia splendens (Sw.) DC.

Myrtaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)

SC SE

hyg mes calc

fd (fruits) fw (firewood) ma ti (light construction)

Eugenia divaricata Lam. Eugenia laxiflora Poir. Eugenia periplocaefolia Jacq. Myrcia belizensis Lundell Myrcia brachylopadia Diels Myrcia coroicensis Rusby Myrcia costaricensis O.Berg Myrcia discolor O.Berg Myrcia divaricata (Lam.) DC. Myrcia lamprosericea Diels Myrcia longicaudata Lundell Myrcia melanoclada O.Berg Myrcia oerstediana O.Berg Myrcia plicatocostata O.Berg Myrcia rufidula Schltdl. Myrcia sartoriana O.Berg Myrcia satoriana O.Berg Myrcia saxicola O.Berg Myrcia saxicola var. grandifolia O.Berg Myrcia schippii Lundell Myrcia sericea O.Berg Myrcia sororia DC. Myrtus splendens Sw.

birchberry myrcia; birch; birch berry (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); black-birch, dunk plum; pigeon plum, pigeon-plum (Belize); punch berry (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); red rodwood (Barbados); small-leaf; Surinam-cherry (Suriname); wild guava

myrcia bois-baguette; bois créole (Martinique); bois debasse, bois-baguette, bois-petites-feuilles, debasse ti feuille; merisier petites feuilles (Martinique); petit merisier (Guadeloupe); petite feuille; ti feuilles (Martinique)

agal (Guatemala); arraiján, comecará; escoboncito (Dominican Republic); hoja menuda, mama menuda (Puerto Rico); mirto (Costa Rica); moja menura (Puerto Rico); murta (Costa Rica); pimento (Panama); pimientilla (Honduras); rama menuda (Puerto Rico); saraiso (Honduras); tinajero (Cuba); turro (Costa Rica); vicho caspi (Peru)

ibbibanaru (Guyana); meerilang (Suriname)

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Latin name	Myrcia splendens (Sw.) DC.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg mes calc
Use	fd (fruits) fw (firewood) ma ti (light construction)
Synonym	Eugenia divaricata Lam. Eugenia laxiflora Poir. Eugenia periplocaefolia Jacq. Myrcia belizensis Lundell Myrcia brachylopadia Diels Myrcia coroicensis Rusby Myrcia costaricensis O.Berg Myrcia discolor O.Berg Myrcia divaricata (Lam.) DC. Myrcia lamprosericea Diels Myrcia longicaudata Lundell Myrcia melanoclada O.Berg Myrcia oerstediana O.Berg Myrcia plicatocostata O.Berg Myrcia rufidula Schltdl. Myrcia sartoriana O.Berg Myrcia satoriana O.Berg Myrcia saxicola O.Berg Myrcia saxicola var. grandifolia O.Berg Myrcia schippii Lundell Myrcia sericea O.Berg Myrcia sororia DC. Myrtus splendens Sw.
English name	birchberry myrcia; birch; birch berry (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); black-birch, dunk plum; pigeon plum, pigeon-plum (Belize); punch berry (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); red rodwood (Barbados); small-leaf; Surinam-cherry (Suriname); wild guava
French name	myrcia bois-baguette; bois créole (Martinique); bois debasse, bois-baguette, bois-petites-feuilles, debasse ti feuille; merisier petites feuilles (Martinique); petit merisier (Guadeloupe); petite feuille; ti feuilles (Martinique)
Spanish name	agal (Guatemala); arraiján, comecará; escoboncito (Dominican Republic); hoja menuda, mama menuda (Puerto Rico); mirto (Costa Rica); moja menura (Puerto Rico); murta (Costa Rica); pimento (Panama); pimientilla (Honduras); rama menuda (Puerto Rico); saraiso (Honduras); tinajero (Cuba); turro (Costa Rica); vicho caspi (Peru)
Other name	ibbibanaru (Guyana); meerilang (Suriname)
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