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