CHAPTER V 



Myrtaceae 

 Rose apple, Eugenia Jamlios (Linn.) 

 Origin 



Malay Archipelago, Cochin China, Biwrnah, Northeast of 

 Iridia. Cultivated for more than four thousand years. 



Description and HaTa itat 



Leaves narrowly lanceolate, accuminate, attenuated at the 

 base into a short petiole, coriaceous, midrits stout, nerves 

 prominent "below and uniting witj^in the margin in a distinct 

 and continuous one, racemes short, terminal ; flowers large, 

 white ; calyx tulse turbinate ; "berry subglobose and crowned 

 with the four persistent calyx lobes. 



Indigenous in the Sikkim Tarai (Brandis); Burmah, 

 Pegu (McClelland); Penang (Wallich). 

 Distribution, Yunan to Australia (said to "be naturalized at 

 Hong Kong) . 



A moderate sized tree ; branchlets compressed or ^ sub*4- 

 gonous. Leaves variable in length, 1 1/2-2 in, broad, 



nerves reticulate beneath ; midrib stout ; petiole short and 

 stout ; 1/4 in, or less. Calyx tube produced above the 

 ovary, lobes round, berries 1-2 in, diameter. 



