Eugenia bullata

Eugenia bullata is an endemic species, like all the other species present in New Caledonia of the kind Eugenia . The kind Eugenia , is widespread for him in the tropical areas.

Aspect and general form

It is a shrub with the characteristic sheets. It measures to the maximum 4 to 5 meters but generally does not exceed 2,5 meters in height. Its trunk has a diameter of approximately 10 cm. The bark very clear, crevassée. It is rather soft with the touch because it has a thick cork. The sheets have a very particular aspect, which one says corrugated, embossed or bubble. Of big size (15 to 25 cm length for 6 cm broad), they are green dark shining in top and clearer green in lower part. The veins are thick. The young sheets are dew. They are laid out one opposite the other along the trunk and are often more numerous to the top of the tree.

Reproduction

The flowers are of white color and have many very visible cheesecloths. They push along the tree trunk. They do not have odor but attract much the bees. Flowering is abundant, but very short. Like all the other plants of the subfamily of myrtoïdés (the Guava tree and the Jamelonnier), it has fleshy fruits. These round fruits 2-3 cm in diameter are of color red with chestnut. They contain very soft seeds and are edible. Germination is very easy.

Place in the forest dries of New Caledonia

The plant is common and can push as well in the dry forests, the forests galleries or known the red grounds (one also finds some in the South of the Large Earth). It pushes in the funds of valley rather than on the slopes. The fruits are probably consumed by the frugivorous birds like the green Pigeon.

Sources

'' Eugenia bullata '' on Endemia.nc

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