Ardisia escallonioides Schltdl. & Cham.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Ardisia

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It keeps growing from year to year. The fruit are black when fully ripe and are edible. They are about 1 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 10.0
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 1-3
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 90 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Ardisia escallonioides unspecified picture

Distribution

Ardisia escallonioides world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, and United States of America

Conservation status

Ardisia escallonioides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18136-2
WFO ID wfo-0000544266
COL ID GD2Y
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tinus escallonioides Pickeringia paniculata Ardisia escallonioides Bladhia paniculata Cyrilla paniculata Tinus pickeringia Ardisia pickeringia Icacorea paniculata