Eugenia species

Myrtaceae

Eugenia is a genus of over 1,000 species. Many species from south east Asia and Australia have been segregated into the genus Syzygium.

List of Eugenia species used for food or spice:

Eugenia aggregata (Vell.) Kiaersk - Rio Grande Cherry
E. alternifolia Benth. -
E. aromatica = Syzygium aromaticum
E. atropunctata Steud. -
E. australis = Syzygium paniculatum
E. axillaris(Swartz) Willd. - White Stopper
E. brasiliensis, Lam. (syn. E. dombeyi) - Brazil cherry, Grumichama, Grumixameira
E. cabelludo - Cabelludo
E. carissoides - Cedar Bay Cherry
E. caryophyllata = Syzygium aromaticum
E. curranii C.B. Robinson -
E. cumini = Syzygium cumini
E. dombeyi (syn. E. brasiliensis, Lam. ) - Brazil cherry, Grumichama, Grumixameira
E. eucalyptoides F.J. Muell.
E. klotzchiana - Pera do campo
E. luschnathiana, Klotzch ex O. Berg. - Pitomba
E. malaccensis = Syzygium malaccense and S. jambos.
E. pitanga (O. Berg) Kiaersk - Pitanga
E. smithii (syn. Acmena smithii)- Lilly pilly
E. stipitata - Guaba brasiliensis, Pichi, Araca-boi
E. supra-axillaris Spring.
E. uniflora L. - Surinam cherry, Brazil cherry, Barbados cherry, Pitanga, Cerez ade Cayena
E. uvalha Camb. - Uvalha

The genus Eugenia is considered to be largely American. The genus Syzygium is interpreted by some to be primarily Asiatic and Australian.

For descriptions of most Eugenia species and some cultivars, see Cornucopia: A source Book of Edible Plants 2nd ed., Kampong Publications, Vista, California. 1990 by Stephen Facciola; or Hortus Third, A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States & Canada, Macmillan, New York. 1976. last update July 1, 1997