Eugenia mooniana

Eugenia mooniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Eugenia
Species:	E. mooniana
Binomial name
	Eugenia mooniana; Wight
Synonyms
	Eugenia concinna Thwaites [Illegitimate]; Eugenia gracilis Bedd.; Eugenia thwaitesii Duthie;

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

It is a 8m 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

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

Notes on Eugenia gracilis, Eugenia mooniana and Eugenia phillyreoides (Myrtaceae)

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[tpl-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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