Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia biflora (L.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 276 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Guiana Shield, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 50–1850 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Caldas, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Meta, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vichada.
Habit
Shrub.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Arrayán (Sikuani), Tsitsinae (Sikuani)
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 50 - 1850 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
arrayán
[UNAL]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/150115295/150115297

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree to 5 m tall (rarely 10 m or more), puberulous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves variable, ovate to elliptic, rarely roundish, the blades mostly 3–7 cm long and not over 3 cm broad on petioles 3–8 mm long; apex more or less acuminate, the base shortly cuneate, the midrib grooved on upper side
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in racemes often 2 cm long or more; pedicels 5–15 mm long; sepals 1.5–3 mm long silky-pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits obliquely globose or obovoid, 6–8(–10) mm in diameter, black, glandular-veruccose.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Southern Mexico, C. America, Greater Antilles except Cuba, Lesser Antilles and northern S. America.
[Cayman]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/33813/9811072

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163484534/169287172

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/35533/9939478

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/33820/9811896

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

Uses

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0