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Two Eugenias i was sold a long time ago as unidentified.

Take a look at this beauty, it's E.ligustrina as the seedlings from this are identical to my ligustrina seedlings. It's a very short plant and puts a tons of flowers and tons of little fruit.










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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2022, 08:46:13 PM »
Unidentified Eugenia, horribly pruned by the gardener  ::)
Its leaves are different from other eugenias and seem much harder and it does flower at the same time as the other eugenia. Less flowers and always eaten by bugs. This time i will try to control the bugs. It puts some bigger red fruits that are actually tasty. This one is less productive, better tasting but also has a much lower germination rate.












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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2022, 08:58:40 PM »
The E.Ligustrina almost 10 years ago it was already giving me a fruit, look at this cute lil thing.











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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2022, 09:04:42 PM »
 It eventually became this...look at how beautiful that is. This is the same first plant that is now planted @ ground.





























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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2022, 09:11:34 PM »
 Then eventually planted @ ground and this is the typical heavy fruiting  8)










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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2022, 09:16:56 PM »
 The unknown eugenia and its fruit. Tell me if you have any idea what this is.
Update! A botanist told me he thinks it's Eugenia Polyclada








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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2022, 07:18:03 AM »
Arrayan or Eugenia Monticola
Old pics of Arrayan near a supermarket(10 years ago). Never seen them at this stage and bearing so much fruit before.















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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2022, 03:19:24 PM »

This one is always popping up from a small crack at the wall and it keeps coming back but i can't pull it up either :P



This is the way they are usually pruned around here, not a big fan of that shape beacause it doesn't seem to support much fruit.





It's funny how these arrayan have come a long way from being considered a natural broomstick for rural dominican hillbillies to a symbol of wealth. What you see here is an arrayan next to a neverending mansion. I had to take two pics to be able to capture it, insane.





The view around here, look at the blue skies  :) and then another mansion with another arrayan in front







Another arrayan in front of a wealthy house, this time kinda wild looking and unkept? next to another insane neverending mansion and one picture can't do justice.
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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2022, 03:31:33 PM »

well well well, what do we have here? seems like someone is using a wild eugenia as a "false" arrayan in front of a mansion and i never noticed. new species for the collection and more work to identify it ;D hopefully it flowers and fruits so i can grab a couple of fruits

update: seems it's not an eugenia xD
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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2022, 03:36:32 PM »




And this is how a younger arrayan seedling would look like...

until next time.

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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2022, 05:23:14 PM »
Great pics!

looks like some real gems hiding in plain sight

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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2022, 08:17:56 PM »
Great pics!

looks like some real gems hiding in plain sight

thanks, there's a lot more to come  8)

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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2022, 08:21:52 PM »
    Guázara
Eugenia Domingensis(or Dominguensis?)

Edible fruit, it's said they are used to make sweets. Never tried this before but this is the plant.



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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2022, 03:17:19 PM »





more E.Domingensis

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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2022, 11:50:14 AM »





Take a look at this Eugenia or plant in the Myrtaceae family that i found years ago in a semi-wild part of Santo Domingo. A place full of thorns but take a look at this beauty.

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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2022, 11:19:57 AM »















Today at the supermarket

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« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2022, 11:36:39 AM »
I thought arrayan was Luma apiculata, was it reclassified as a eugenia?

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« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2022, 11:53:51 AM »
I thought arrayan was Luma apiculata, was it reclassified as a eugenia?

I google that as from chile?
Arrayán is a word used in latin america for some ornamental looking eugenias/myrtaceous species. I've also seen something called white arrayán from south america.

Here in DR arrayán is mainly Eugenia Monticola but maybe also an unknown Eugenia a rich man will plant in front of his house. But know these type of names repeat a lot.
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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2022, 06:29:10 PM »







calyptranthes known as malagueta criolla. great lemony smell of the crushed leaves.

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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #19 on: March 10, 2022, 06:35:54 PM »













The time i found Annona Haitiensis and two seedlings grew from the seeds but snails ate them :(
I don't have this anymore so don't go crazy on me xD
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Re: Pictures from Dominican Republic
« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2022, 06:50:43 PM »
Super cool thanks for posting, I’ve learned a lot today reading up on these Caribbean annonas.

-Joe

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« Reply #21 on: March 10, 2022, 06:55:42 PM »






the original Annona Urbaniana flowering years ago @ botanical park from where the other ones originated from

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« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2022, 06:58:51 PM »
yw Joe

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« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2022, 07:02:06 PM »

annona urbaniana



pasted from another thread..these are still alive and now separated but they aren't looking great.

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« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2022, 07:06:00 PM »


older seedling/plant years ago can't remember if it was killed by snails too.