Eugenia sinemariensis Aubl.

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 606

[1252] Eugenia sinemariensis Aubl.

Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 501 [Jun.-Dec. 1775] ( Aublet 1775). — Myrtus sinemariensis (Aubl.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. [Sprengel] 2: 483 [Jan.-May 1825] (Sprengel 1825). — Epleienda sinemariensis (Aubl.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. : 107 (Rafinesque 1838).

Eugenia coffeifolia DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 272 [mid Mar. 1828] (Candolle 1828), “ coffeaefolia ”, syn. nov.

Myrciaria ramiflora O.Berg , Linnaea 27 (2-3): 334 [“1854” publ. Jan. 1856] (Berg 1856).

Eugenia coffeifolia var. grandifolia O.Berg , Linnaea 29 (2): 231 [June 1858] (Berg 1858).

Eugenia coffeifolia var. parvifolia O.Berg , Linnaea 29 (2): 231 [June 1858] (Berg 1858).

Eugenia melinonii Sagot, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 6, 20: 194 ( Sagot 1885), “ Melinonis ”.

NOTES. — Govaerts et al. (2008) provisionally placed E. sinemariensis in synonymy under E. coffeifolia . The species known as E. coffeifolia is a very common understorey tree in the forests of Northern French Guiana, and its red, edible and fleshy cherry-sized berries are frequently seen. It would therefore have been surprising if Aublet had never encountered it. Leaves from the type of E. sinemariensis at LINN (LINN-HS 883.12) match perfectly with E. coffeifolia , and its fruit was compared by Aublet to the azerola ( Malpighia emarginata Sessé & Moc. ex DC. ), i.e. a red, cherry-sized fleshy berry. Aublet’s specimen filed as E. arivoa at BM (BM000953762) and labelled by Amshoff “ Type of Eug. sinemariensis Aubl. ???”, is actually Mouriri sagotiana Triana , probably from the same collection as the lower part of the supposed original material of Eugenia arivoa Aubl. (BM000953761). The epithet “ melinonis ”, which honours the French botanist E. Mélinon, is to be automatically corrected to “ melinonii ” ( Turland et al. 2018: Art. 60.8).

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: inam-etni-duwõ, inam-etni-kamwi, inamkat-duwẽ, inamkat-wahuyo • Ka: alaidya, pasyolawa • Wp: mɨla yowa, pila lea, wɨla yowa • Nt: baaka bee sii, gibomasa • Br: murta.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 175 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.B. Aublet s.n. (original material LINN, LINN-HS 883.12).

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 209 trees in 75 plots; Fmax = 3.8 %; dbhinv = 36.7 cm.