Taxon: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.

• the 10 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

FL*, HI*°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• Ceylon hill-cherry   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English
  
• downy myrtle   (Source: F Hawaii ) – English
  
• downy rose myrtle   (Source: L NWeeds Hawaii ) – English
  
• hill-gooseberry   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English
  
• rose myrtle   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 2:276.) – English
  
• guayabillo forastero   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: potential as ornamental   (fide Pl Res SEAs 2:276. 1991; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Human food: potential as fruit   (fide Pl Res SEAs 2:277. 1991; Cornucopia)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan; Hong Kong
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [s.e.]
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  Northwestern Pacific: Micronesia

• widely cultivated

References:

• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Hawaii Department of Agriculture. 1992. List of plant species designated as noxious weeds for eradication or control purposes.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Scott, A. J. 1978. A revision of Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae). Kew Bull. 33:313.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 2:276–277.
• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Myrtus tomentosa Aiton (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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