Four species of evergreen shrubs or small trees.  Leaves opposite, simple, often elliptic, pinnately veined.  Flowers single or in a cluster of three, four petals and calyx lobes.  Fruit a berry, slightly spongy.   Native to Argentina and Chile.    These plants are sometimes listed or placed in Eugenia, Myrceugenella, or Myrtus.
Luma: native Chilean name.

Pronunciation: 
LU-ma
Family: 
Myrtaceae