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Corte Grande, Bahia, Brazil
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Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States
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Gostoso, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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Saint-Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana
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Eugenia klotzschiana O. BergMYRTACEAE Local: Campus da UnB, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: Medeiros, J.D. Guia de campo: vegetao do Cerrado 500 espcies. MMA, 2011.
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Florida, United States
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Saint-Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana
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Lago Norte, Federal District, Brazil
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Madre de Dios, Peru
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Transpantaneira, Pocon, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Family: MyrtaceaeDistribution: Common in scrubs along the coast. Limited to Peninsular India.Description: Evergreen shrubs, 2-4 mts tall. Leaves opposite,sub coriaceous, 3.5-7x2-3.5 cm ovate, or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, base cuneate. Flowers solitary or fascicled, pretty white 1.2-2cm across. peduncles rusty villous, 0.5-1cm long; Calyx lobes 4, glabrous, nearly globose, Petals 4, Stamens numerous, Ovary 2 celled. Fruit a globose berry.Wood hard, Root paste mixed with goat milk is used to treat tonsils and gum swellings. Photographed at Pulicat lake near Sriharikota of Nellore district.Reference: Flora of Presidency of Madras by J.S.Gamble. Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana and A.S.Rao, ENVIS.
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Plucked and photographed at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
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Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil