Myrtaceae
Punchberry
Myrcia splendens
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Myrcia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Punchberry, Curame
Synonyms
- Aulomyrcia costata O.Berg
- Aulomyrcia wullschlaegeliana O.Berg
- Cumetea divaricata (Lam.) Raf.
- Eugenia divaricata Lam.
- Eugenia fallax Rich.
- Eugenia laxiflora Poir.
- Eugenia mikaniana DC.
- Eugenia mollis Willd. ex O.Berg
- Eugenia paniculaeflora Steud.
- Eugenia periplocifolia Jacq.
- Myrcia acuminata (Kunth) DC.
- Myrcia acuminata var. bullata O.Berg
- Myrcia acuminata var. genuina O.Berg
- Myrcia acuminata var. meridensis O.Berg
- Myrcia acuminata var. peruviana O.Berg
- Myrcia acuminata var. tovarensis O.Berg
- Myrcia acutata O.Berg
- Myrcia acutiloba O.Berg
- Myrcia aguitensis Gleason
- Myrcia alagoensis O.Berg
- Myrcia alagoensis var. intermedia O.Berg
- Myrcia alagoensis var. oblongata O.Berg
- Myrcia alagoensis var. ovata O.Berg
- Myrcia atramentifera Barb.Rodr.
- Myrcia augustana Kiaersk.
- Myrcia ayresiana O.Berg
- Myrcia barrensis O.Berg
- Myrcia belizensis Lundell
- Myrcia berberis S.Schauer
- Myrcia berberis DC.
- Myrcia berberis var. angustifolia O.Berg
- Myrcia berberis var. latifolia O.Berg
- Myrcia brachylopadia Diels
- Myrcia bracteolaris (Poir.) DC.
- Myrcia brandami O.Berg
- Myrcia catharinae O.Berg
- Myrcia chilensis O.Berg
- Myrcia ciarensis O.Berg
- Myrcia communis O.Berg
- Myrcia communis var. glabrata O.Berg
and 137 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to November (from 24 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos

Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, 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.