Eugenia foetida, Eugenia buxifolia

The foliage, especially when crushed, emits a mild skunk-like odor. Small, fourpetaled, white flowers are grouped in fewflowered, axillary racemes.

Spanish Stopper are relatively slow growing and not aggressive invaders.

Although small, the fruits are edible to humans. The fruit was used as a treatment for diarrhea, that is why it is called a stopper.

They are a great berry to attract fruit-eating birds.

Similar plants:

• Blepharocalyx salicifolius, Eugenia salicifolia (Murta)
• Eugenia aggregata (Cherry of the Rio Grande, Cere Jodo Rio Grande)
• Eugenia braziliensis, Eugenia dombeyi (Grumichama)
• Eugenia confusa (Red Berry Stopper)
• Eugenia luschnathiana, Phyllocalyx luschnathianus (Pitomba)
• Eugenia neonitida (Pitangatuba)
• Eugenia pyriformis (Uvaia, Uvalha, Uvaia-do-mato, Uvaieira)
• Eugenia reinwardtiana (Beach Cherry, Cedar Bay Cherry)
• Eugenia rhombea (Red Stopper)
• Eugenia sp. (Eugenia)