Hello all,
This is another rare and very interesting Eugenia species that I've never saw discussed here before so here are my comments now:
The plant is beautiful with very nice big leaves and a nice red color on new leaves... in fact the size and looks of this species leaves remind me more of some Syzygium spp. than the Eugenias spp. type of leaves which are usually smaller...
The fruits are blueberry sized but should be numerous to compensate, although my plant is still very young so for now I don't have so many as I would like... but the flavor is very, very good!.. in fact I rate this one as one of the tastiest Eugenias I have... the seeds are also very small so the flesh to seed ratio is good also...
In conclusion I consider this one as a "must have" Eugenia spp. in any decent myrtaceae collection... and I only understand the "not so good opinion" of Lorenzi on his book if he his referring to the relatively small size of these fruits... I didn't noted any astringency on these fruits but I let them became totally black before harvest and for me the fruits on the Lorenzi book photos seem all unripe... maybe they are astringent while red but I can't confirm that for now... or I just had good luck and have a better strain of this one here!
Any other experiences with this one out there?
Enjoy the photos.