Kingdom Plantae Family Myrtaceae Scientific name Eugenia foetida | Order Myrtales Genus Eugenia Rank Species | |
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Similar Eugenia rhombea, Eugenia buxifolia, Eugenia luschnathiana, Eugenia candolleana, Coccoloba diversifolia | ||
Eugenia foetida is a member of the family Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, and is colloquially referred to as "Spanish stopper" or "boxleaf stopper."
It is found year-round in the understory of mangrove forests, coastal hammocks and dunes in coastal, central to southern Florida, and east in the Bahamas.
Description
It is a common small tree with opposite leaves that are dark green on the adaxial (upper or dorsal) leaf surface and lighter on the abaxial (lower or ventral) surface and oblanceolate with a rounded or obtuse apex. The specific epithet foetida, Latin for "fetid" refers to the unpleasant scent of the flowers.
References
Eugenia foetida Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA