Myrtaceae
White stopper
Eugenia axillaris
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Eugenia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- يوجينة إبطية
- English
- White stopper
Synonyms
- Eugenia anthera Small
- Eugenia axillaris var. axillaris
- Eugenia axillaris var. cozumelensis (Lundell) Lundell
- Eugenia axillaris var. microcarpa Krug & Urb.
- Eugenia baruensis (Jacq.) Jacq.
- Eugenia cabanisiana O.Berg
- Eugenia carthagenensis var. baruensis Jacq.
- Eugenia carthagenensis var. myrtifolia Jacq.
- Eugenia cozumelensis Lundell
- Eugenia divaricata Willd. ex O.Berg
- Eugenia guadalupensis DC.
- Eugenia guttata Lundell
- Eugenia itzana Lundell
- Eugenia matanzensis O.Berg
- Eugenia minimiflora Lundell
- Eugenia verrucosa A.Rich.
- Eugenia yumuryensis O.Berg
- Myrtus axillaris Sw.
- Myrtus baruensis (Jacq.) Spreng.
- Myrtus divaricata Ham.
- Psidiastrum dubium Bello
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jochen Essig, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.