The native Chilean name uñi.

Evergreen shrubs. Leaves opposite, elliptic to lanceolate, leathery. Flowers solitary, nodding over. Calyx with 5 lobes. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, not longer than the petals. Ovary usually of 3 chambers. Fruit a fleshy berry.

Grown for the attractive foliage, white flowers and edible ornamental fruit.

5-15 species from tropical and warm areas of America.

Seed and cuttings.

U. molinae has fleshy dark brown or blue-black berries used in jams.

Flowers nodding, often pinkish at first; stamens mostly shorter than the petals, cf. Luma and Myrtus.

Landrum (1988).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Myrtaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.