Eugenia crassipetala
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Eugenia crassipetala faces severe population decline due to extensive deforestation and agricultural conversion within its restricted range in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. The species' extremely limited distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, while urban expansion and cattle ranching continue to reduce the remaining forest patches where this endemic tree survives.
Habitat
This endemic Brazilian tree species inhabits remnant Atlantic Forest fragments, typically growing in humid lowland and montane forest environments. It requires well-preserved forest conditions with intact canopy cover and is found only within a very restricted geographic range in southeastern Brazil.