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Eugenia foetida is a member of the family Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, and is colloquially referred to as "Spanish stopper" or "boxleaf stopper."

Eugenia foetida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Eugenia
Species:	E. foetida
Binomial name
Eugenia foetida Pers.

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.[1][2]

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.

See also

• Bahamian dry forests
• South Florida rocklands

References

External links

• Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden - Eugenia foetida^{[permanent dead link]}

На других языках

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[es] Eugenia foetida

El birigí[1] o guairaje (Eugenia foetida) es una planta de la familia de las mirtáceas.

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