Group: 1 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - I - Dicotyledons
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eugenia
Common sinhala name
Weligama Jambu (Proposed) වැලිගම ජම්බු (යෝජිත)
Habit
Small Tree
Origin
Endemic
Conservation status
CR (PE)- Critically Endangered, possibly extinct (This is re-discovery of this species)
Legal status
Protected species according FFPO (But this species mentioned under the name of Eugenia fulva)
Similar species
All vernacular names
Featured image
Eugenia haeckeliana Trimen
Contributors for Images
FlowerSL (ID-HDJ)- IDA 100% - This is re-discovery after 1885 collected the type specimen.
haeckeliana - is a botanical Latin epithet used to honor the German biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) who spent few months in Weligama area, Sri Lanka.
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