Eugenia apiculata de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 276. 1828; Myrceugenella apiculata (de Candolle) Kausel

Shrubs or trees to 10 m; trunk smooth, often appearing some­what twisted; bark grayish or bright orangish brown, often with lighter spots; young twigs puberulent to villous. Leaves: blade elliptic to suborbiculate, 1–4.5 ×0.5–3.5 cm, base cuneate to rounded, apex apiculate to abruptly acuminate. Peduncles 5–30 mm. Flowers: calyx open, lobes persistent, 2–3(–4) mm; petals 3–5 mm. Berries to ca. 10 mm. Seeds 3–6 mm.

Flowering mainly late summer; fruiting fall. Dis­turbed areas; 0–20 m; introduced; Calif.; South America (sw Argentina, s Chile).

In the flora area, Luma apiculata is known mainly from near San Francisco.