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</p><p><b>yoo-JEE-nee-uh</b> -- named for Prince Eugene of Savoy, Austrian general
<b>yoo-nee-FLOR-uh</b> -- single flowered
</p><p><b>popularly known as</b>: Surinam cherry ... <b>other names</b>: Barbados cherry, Brazilian cherry, Cayenne cherry, Florida cherry, French cherry
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: Surinam through Uruguay
</p><p>... opposite glossy green opposite leaves, copper-pink when young ... fragrant white flowers, usually axillary, solitary or fascicled with slender peduncles with small bracts ... mature into deep red, depending on cultivars, almost black fruits up to 2 cm in diameter.
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/surinam_cherry.html">Purdue University</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tropilab.com/surinamcherry.html">Tropilab</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/surinam_cherry.htm">Trade Winds Fruit</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Eugenia.html">M.M.P.N.D.</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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