Eugenia myrcianthes

Eugenia myrcianthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Hexachlamys
Species:	H. edulis
Binomial name
	Hexachlamys edulis; (O.Berg) Kausel & D.Legrand, Darwiniana 9: 302 (1950)
Synonyms
	Myrcianthes edulis O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 353 (1857), nom. cons.; Eugenia edulis (O.Berg) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 126 (1879), nom. illeg.; Eugenia myrcianthes Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 79 (1893).; Luma grisebachii Herter, Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 219 (1943).; Luma myrcianthes (Nied.) Herter, Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 219 (1943).; Myrtus excelsa Cambess. in A.F.C.de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 293 (1832).; Psidium amygdalinum Hook. & Arn., Bot. Misc. 3: 317 (1833), nom. rej.; Calomyrtus excelsa (Cambess.) Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 76 (1850).; Myrcia gemmiflora O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 190 (1857).; Campomanesia cagaiteira Kiaersk., Enum. Myrt. Bras.: 12 (1893).; Myrcia sparsifolia Barb.Rodr., Myrt. Paraguay: 1 (1903).; Hexachlamys excelsa (Cambess.) Mattos, Loefgrenia 94: 12 (1989).; Eugenia montevidensis Mattos, Loefgrenia 105: 2 (1995);

Hexachlamys edulis or ubajay is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.^[1]

Description

Hexachlamys edulis is a densely branched tree with dark and sealed bark, reaching 4 to 8 m in height. The leaves are globose, with evergreen foliage. They are simple, opposite, with the pubescent petiole, from ovate-oblong to lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 6 cm long; Coriaceous, show pubescence when young and becoming glabrous with age.

It blooms in early spring. Flowers are typical of myrtaceae; Appearing in the leaf axils, and are white, solitary with up to fifty stamens. About two months later it produces fruits, producing a globose and yellow color fruit, of up to 5 cm of diameter. It taste similar to peach (Prunus persica) giving its vulgar name of peach tree. The fruit is edible, with the orange pulp, very juicy, slightly tart aftertaste when fully ripe.