Myrtaceae
Boxleaf stopper
Eugenia foetida
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Eugenia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Boxleaf stopper
Synonyms
- Eugenia buxifolia Willd.
- Eugenia fetida Poir.
- Eugenia macrostemon O.Berg
- Eugenia mayana Standl.
- Eugenia myrtoides Poir.
- Eugenia ossaeana Urb.
- Eugenia poiretii (Spreng.) DC.
- Eugenia triplinervia O.Berg
- Eugenia triplinervia var. angustifolia O.Berg
- Eugenia triplinervia var. buxifolia O.Berg
- Eugenia triplinervia var. laevigata O.Berg
- Eugenia triplinervia var. latissima O.Berg
- Eugenia triplinervia var. oblongata O.Berg
- Eugenia triplinervia var. obovata O.Berg
- Eugenia unedifolia Spreng. ex O.Berg
- Myrtus acka Juss. ex DC.
- Myrtus axillaris Poir.
- Myrtus buxifolia Sw.
- Myrtus foetida (Pers.) Spreng.
- Myrtus poiretii Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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.