Myrteae is the largest tribe in the plant family

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...

. It includes most of the species of the family that have fleshy fruits. Well-known members include edible fruit such as

feijoa ''Feijoa sellowiana'' also known as ''Acca sellowiana'' (O.Berg) Burret, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is native mainly to the highlands of Colombia, southern Brazil and the hills of northeast Uruguay, but i ...

(''Feijoa sellowiana''),

guava Guava ( ), also known as the 'guava-pear', is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. The common guava '' Psidium guajava'' (lemon guava, apple guava) is a small tree in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), nativ ...

(''Psidium guajava''),

strawberry guava ''Psidium cattleyanum'' (World Plants: ''Psidium cattleianum''), commonly known as Cattley guava, strawberry guava or cherry guava, is a small tree ( tall) in the Myrtaceae (myrtle) family. The species is named in honour of English horticulturis ...

(''Psidium cattleyanum''),

jabuticaba A jaboticaba (), spelled jabuticaba in Portuguese, is a round, edible fruit produced by a jaboticaba tree (''Plinia cauliflora''), also known as Brazilian grapetree. The purplish-black, white-pulped fruit grows directly on the Trunk (botany), tru ...

(''Plinia cauliflora''), Surinam cherry (''Eugenia uniflora''), arazá (''Eugenia stipitata''), camu camu (''Myrciaria dubia''), and rumberry (''Myrciaria floribunda''). The tribe also includes many plants grown primarily for their ornamental value, including common myrtle (''Myrtus communis''),

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(''Luma apiculata''), ugniberry (''Ugni molinae''), and rose myrtle (''Rhodomyrtus tomentosa'') and some common spices such as

allspice Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of ''Pimenta dioica'', a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm par ...

(''Pimenta dioica'').

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Rosid tribes Myrtaceae Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle {{Myrtaceae-stub