Species

Ugni molinae (Chilean guava)

Ugni molinae. Photo: (c) Eitel Carlos Thielemann Pinto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Ugni molinae, commonly known as Chilean guava, or strawberry myrtle, is a shrub native to Chile and adjacent regions of southern Argentina. The local Spanish name is murta, and the Mapuche Native American name is “Uñi” or Uñiberry. It is in the same botanical family as the guava.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Myrtales (Myrtles, evening primroses, and allies)
        Family: Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
        Subfamily: Myrtoideae
        Tribe: Myrteae
        Subtribe: Ugninae
        Genus: Ugni
        Species: Ugni molinae (Chilean guava)

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