Hexachlamys edulis

Hexachlamys edulis or ubajay is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.[1]

Hexachlamys edulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Hexachlamys
Species:
H. edulis
Binomial name
Hexachlamys edulis
(O.Berg) Kausel & D.Legrand, Darwiniana 9: 302 (1950)
Synonyms
  • Myrcianthes edulis O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 353 (1857), nom. cons.
  • Eugenia edulis (O.Berg) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 126 (1879), nom. illeg.
  • Eugenia myrcianthes Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 79 (1893).
  • Luma grisebachii Herter, Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 219 (1943).
  • Luma myrcianthes (Nied.) Herter, Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 219 (1943).
  • Myrtus excelsa Cambess. in A.F.C.de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 293 (1832).
  • Psidium amygdalinum Hook. & Arn., Bot. Misc. 3: 317 (1833), nom. rej.
  • Calomyrtus excelsa (Cambess.) Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 76 (1850).
  • Myrcia gemmiflora O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 190 (1857).
  • Campomanesia cagaiteira Kiaersk., Enum. Myrt. Bras.: 12 (1893).
  • Myrcia sparsifolia Barb.Rodr., Myrt. Paraguay: 1 (1903).
  • Hexachlamys excelsa (Cambess.) Mattos, Loefgrenia 94: 12 (1989).
  • Eugenia montevidensis Mattos, Loefgrenia 105: 2 (1995)

Description

Hexachlamys edulis is a densely branched tree with dark and sealed bark, reaching 4 to 8 m in height. The leaves are globose, with evergreen foliage. They are simple, opposite, with the pubescent petiole, from ovate-oblong to lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 6 cm long; Coriaceous, show pubescence when young and becoming glabrous with age.

It blooms in early spring. Flowers are typical of myrtaceae; Appearing in the leaf axils, and are white, solitary with up to fifty stamens. About two months later it produces fruits, producing a globose and yellow color fruit, of up to 5 cm of diameter. It taste similar to peach (Prunus persica) giving its vulgar name of peach tree. The fruit is edible, with the orange pulp, very juicy, slightly tart aftertaste when fully ripe.

References
  1. "Hexachlamys edulis in Tropicos".


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