Myrcia guianensis (Aubl.) DC. (syn: Aguava guianensis (Aubl.) Raf. …………….; Eugenia cotinifolia Jacq. …………………….) as per
Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas,
Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada,
Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Eustatius, St.
Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Isla Margarita, Trinidad, Tobago,
Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Peru, N-Brazil (Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Acre),
NE-Brazil (Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas), WC-Brazil
(Mato Grosso, Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito
Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa
Catarina), Paraguay (Amambay, Canindeyu, San Pedro), Peru, Bolivia (Beni, La
Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), Ecuador, Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua,
Bolivar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Lara, Miranda, Sucre,
Tachira, Trujillo), Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Guaviare, Meta, Vaupés,
Vichada)
as per Catalogue of Life;
Colombia as per WCSP;
 
May be Eugenia cotonifolia if this forest tree is planted in Lalbagh.


Thanks, …, I found only one reference :

Eugenia cotinifolia Jacq. ??


This tree was planted in Lalbagh Botanic Garden Bangalore, Karnataka, India came for naming in 2012 in our eflora of India. Could you please have a look this please and offer its possible id.


I’m assuming it is confirmed as Myrtaceae but I don’t recognise this genus/species at all. It doesn’t match any Australian plant. Clustered flowers like that are found in a few genera from South America: eg, Eugenia, Myrceugenia, Myrciaria (fruit and seed features would help). I suggest you forward the images to someone who knows South American taxa. Possibilities would be: …


 

Seen in Lalbagh on 8/11/14.

Kindly validate as in the following link by …
Request Tree ID 70 – Bangalore – RA 


Probably a Rosaceae?? 

Eugenia cotonifolia correct ID ?? 


As per kew herbarium catalogue, it is different from Eugenia cotinifolia


 

 

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