Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU)
ASU0018807
0c7cf569-5679-4dbc-984e-8d2cae5232c9
273018
Eugenia acapulcensis Steud.
cf
Myrtaceae
L. R. Landrum (2011)
Gillian P. Schultz; Tom Bannister
831
1998-05-20
20 May 1998
Mexico, Quintana Roo, Benito Juarez, Yucatan Peninsula; El Eden Reserve, c. 30 mi. NW of Cancun. Approx. 800 m south of Station along eastern side of southern savanna loop trail
21.2 -87.1833
6 meters (20ft)
Tintal (seasonally inundated low forest). Dominant species include Haematoxylon campechianum, Erythroxylon areolatum and Eugenia winzerlingii, Cladium jamaicense.
Fruiting
Common tree growing in understory of tintal. Fls. white, sweet scented. Bark grey-white, smooth. Lvs. have typical MYRT odor when crushed. In tintal plot 7-98, tree 11, 12, 13. Ht. 2 m.