Myrtaceae
Cieneguillo
Myrcia deflexa
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Myrcia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cieneguillo
Synonyms
- Eugenia deflexa Poir.
- Eugenia paniculata Hils. & Sieber ex C.Presl
- Myrcia crassinervia DC.
- Myrcia deflexa var. dussii Krug & Urb.
- Myrcia duchassaingiana O.Berg
- Myrcia ferruginea G.Don
- Myrcia ferruginea var. domingensis O.Berg
- Myrcia ferruginea var. martinicensis O.Berg
- Myrcia sulcata O.Berg
- Myrtus deflexa (Poir.) Kunth
- Wilbrandia paniculata C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Laurent Riche, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.