Ardisia compressa Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Ardisia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. The leaves taper to the tip. The flowers are white and 5 mm long. The fruit are round and red or black and 5 mm across.
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Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

A tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten fresh.
Uses food
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 90 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
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Images

Leaf

Ardisia compressa leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Ardisia compressa world distribution map, present in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Ardisia compressa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:586863-1
WFO ID wfo-0000544087
COL ID GCWM
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Synonyms

Tinus nicaraguensis Tinus compressa Ardisia alstonii Ardisia caudatifolia Ardisia ixcanensis Ardisia reflexiflora Ardisia whitei Icacorea irasuensis Ardisia aurantiaca Ardisia belizensis Ardisia capollina Ardisia compressa Ardisia digitata Ardisia edwardsii Ardisia nicaraguensis Ardisia oerstediana Ardisia salvadorensis Ardisia samalana Ardisia veraguasensis Icacorea belizensis Icacorea compressa Icacorea edwardsii Icacorea nicaraguensis Icacorea salvadorensis Icacorea veraguasensis Icacorea oerstediana Icacorea whitei Icacorea aurantiaca Icacorea capollina Icacorea cuspidata Icacorea caudatifolia Icacorea reflexiflora Auriculardisia bawae Icacorea chahalana Icacorea digitata Icacorea ixcanensis Icacorea samalana Tinus capollina Tinus cuspidata Ardisia polytoca Tinus irasuensis Ardisia chahalana Ardisia irazuensis Ardisia furfuracella subsp. veraguasensis Ardisia cuspidata