Eugenia mooniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eugenia
Species:
E. mooniana
Binomial name
Eugenia mooniana
Wight
Synonyms[1]
  • Eugenia concinna Thwaites [Illegitimate]
  • Eugenia gracilis Bedd.
  • Eugenia thwaitesii Duthie

Eugenia mooniana, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae which is native to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

It is an 8 m (26 ft) 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

  1. ↑ "Eugenia mooniana". The Plant List (2015). Version 1.1. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  2. ↑ "Eugenia thwaitesii Duthie | Species | India Biodiversity Portal". Indiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Eugenia thwaitesii - MYRTACEAE". Biotik.org. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  4. ↑ "Eugenia mooniana (MYRTACEAE)". Keralaplants.in. Retrieved 2015-08-09.


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