Taxon: Ugni molinae Turcz.

• the 12 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Chilean-guava   (Source: Mabberleys Pl Book ) – English
  
• strawberry myrtle   (Source: Lost Crops Incas ) – English
  
• goyavier du Chili   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• chilenische Guave   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• murta   (Source: L. Landrum, p.c.) – Spanish
  
• murtilla   (Source: L. Landrum, p.c.) – Spanish
  
• uñi   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• ugni   (Source: Lost Crops Incas ) – Spanish
  
• smultronmyrten   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (for liquers fide Landrum)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Human food: fruit   (for marmelade fide Landrum)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina - Chubut; Chile

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Correa, M. N. 1969–. Flora patagonica.
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Landrum, L. R. 1988. The myrtle family (Myrtaceae) in Chile. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 45:294–297.
• Landrum, L. R. 1995. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. 1989. Lost crops of the Incas.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ugni molinae.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ugni molinae.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ugni molinae.

Synonyms:

• (=) Eugenia ugni Hook. & Arn.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Myrtus molinae Barnéoud ex Gay
  (previously associated with 8 accessions)
• (=) Myrtus ugni Molina
  

Check other web resources for Ugni molinae Turcz.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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