About Myrceugenia obtusa (DC.) O.Berg
Myrceugenia obtusa (DC.) O.Berg is an evergreen small tree or shrub that grows up to 8 m (26 ft) tall. It has greyish bark, with new reddish, hairy shoots. Its leaves are opposite, leathery, with entire margins, and range in shape from elliptical to ovate, with apexes that can be acute, obtuse, or roundish. The leaves are 1.3 cm long and 0.6-2.5 cm wide, dark green on the upper surface and pale green on the lower surface, and can be glabrous or somewhat pubescent. The leaves have dot-like visible glands. The flowers are hermaphrodite, solitary and grow in leaf axils. Each flower has 4 sepals fused at the base and 4 free petals. It produces a very large number of stamens, between 90 and 190 in total, that measure 4–8 mm long, and a style that is approximately 5–7 mm long. The fruit is a globose black berry that turns black when fully mature, containing 3 to 4 seeds that are 4–5 mm long. It is planted as an ornamental tree in Chile, and its fruit is edible.
