Eugenia dysenterica is a tree from the family Myrtaceae (order Myrtales), native of the Cerrado, the central savannah region of Brazil.

[1][2] The tree occurs mainly in the Brazilian states of Goiás, Tocantins, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia, Minas Gerais and São Paulo, mostly in areas with mean temperature 21–25 °C (70–77 °F) and altitudes of 380–1,100 metres (1,250–3,610 ft).

The fruit is a yellow-orange berry, roughly spherical in shape, with a dry remnant of the calyx opposite to the stem; it is about one inch (2–3 cm or 0.8–1.2 in) in diameter and usually weighs 6–14 grams (0.21–0.49 oz).

[3] It has a thin waxy skin and a sweet-sour and slightly astringent pulp, 1–2 mm thick, loosely enclosing one to three round and light gray seeds.

[2] The wood is dense (0.82 g/cm3), hard, and finely grained, but of inferior quality; it is used for fence posts, firewood, charcoal, and occasionally for rustic furniture and other light construction.