Eugenia dysenterica
| Stenocalyx dysentericus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Stenocalyx |
| Species: | S. dysentericus |
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Stenocalyx dysentericus O. Berg |
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Stenocalyx dysentericus is a tree from the Myrtaceae family (order Myrtales), native of the Cerrado, the central savannah region of Brazil. It is locally known by the Portuguese names cagaita or cagaiteira.
The species was formerly named Eugenia dysenterica DC. (O. Berg).
The tree occurs mainly in the Brazilian states of Goiás, , Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia, Minas Gerais and São Paulo, mostly in areas with mean temperature 21–25 °C (70–77 °F) and altitudes of 380–1,100 metres (1,250–3,610 ft).
The adult tree is from 4 to 10 m (13 to 33 ft) tall, with a rounded canopy. The trunk can be 20 to 40 centimetres (8 to 16 in) diameter, with a thick (1–2 cm or 0.39–0.79 in) and irregular corky bark.
The flowers are white, 15–20 mm (0.6–0.8 in) wide. They occur either alone or in threes, and open between August and September, undergoing both self- and cross-pollination. The fruits (up to 1500 per tree) ripen mostly over a two-month period, between September and December depending on the climate. They fall from the tree when fully ripe, roughly at the start of the rainy season. The fruit is a yellow-orange berry, roughly spherical in shape, with a dry remnant of the calyx opposite to the stem; it is about one inch (2–3 cm or 0.8–1.2 in) in diameter and usually weighs 6–14 grams (0.21–0.49 oz). It has a thin waxy skin and a sweet-sour and slightly astringent pulp, 1–2 mm thick, loosely enclosing one to three round and light gray seeds.
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