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Latin name
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Eugenia ligustrina (Sw.) Willd.
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Family
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Myrtaceae
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Distribution
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SE North America (West Indies) South America (tropics)
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North America distribution zone
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SE
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Height
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S
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Foliage
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E
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Ecology
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sci xer
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Use
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dr (leaves decoction taken orally for leukorrhea) fd (fruits)
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Synonym
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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
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English name
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birchberry eugenia; birchberry (Puerto Rico); black-cherry, blackberry (St. Eustatius, St. Maarten); privet stopper (Puerto Rico)
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French name
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eugénie noire; bois ti-feuilles (Martinique); cerise noire, grosse merise, merisier noir; mérisier (St. Barthélemy); mérisier noir (Martinique)
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Spanish name
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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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