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What is this plant and can the fruit be eaten

Pan cherries Eugenia uniflora myrtle family Pan cherry genus of evergreen shrubs or small trees, up to 6 meters high, bald and clean. Leaves opposite, long ovate, subsessile, papery, 2.5-5 centimeters long, apex acuminate, greenish-oily. Newborn young leaves are maroon and ornamental. Flowers white, solitary at the top of the flower stalk; slightly fragrant; sepals 4.

Flowers of cherry

Berries oblate, deep red when ripe. Dangling from the branches, extremely beautiful, suitable for garden cultivation or large potted plants. The cherry is an evergreen shrub with lush foliage and purple or reddish-brown shoot tips.

The fruit of cherry

Can bloom several times a year, the main flowering period in February-March, 5-6 weeks after flowering, the fruit is ripe, harvesting period until September. The berry is oblate, with 8 longitudinal ribs, resembling a pumpkin. Fruit skin vermilion to purple-red, more ornamental value. Suitable for bonsai, potted plants and garden cultivation. Cherry branch tip sprouting force, long flowering period, many times throughout the year, overlapping flowers and fruits, and thus the number of fertilizer is also more. Generally young trees and tresses to apply nitrogen-based fertilizer, flowering and fruiting period is based on the application of compound fertilizer. In case of drought, especially in the flowering and fruiting period of dry weather need to be irrigation. In the event of continuous heavy rainfall, it is necessary to timely drainage. The cherry branches are more resistant to pruning, and can be pruned according to different tree shapes.