Jossinia tulanan (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Jossinia tulanan (Merr.) Merr.

Family: Myrtaceae

• Eugenia tulanan Merr.

• Philippines: tulanan (Bisaya).

Endemic in the Philippines.

The fruits are eaten raw.

• Small tree with opposite ovate leaves of 6-12 cm length.
• Flowers singular or in clusters, white, fragrant.
• Fruit a globose berry, 2.5 cm in diameter, yellow.

In primary forests at low altitudes.

• Merrill, E.D., 1923 1925. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 4 Volumes. Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Printing, Manila.

• Monsalud, M.R., Tongacan, A.L., Lopez, F.R. & Lagrimas, M.Q., 1966. Edible wild plants in Philippine forests. The Philippine Journal of Science 95: 431 561.

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen