Conostegia polyandra Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Conostegia

Characteristics

Shrub or small tree to 6 mn. tall, the younger parts minutely stellate-puberulent, soon glabrescent; petioles slender, 1-2.5 cm. long; leaf-blades elliptic or oblong, 5-9 cm. long, about half as wide, obtuse or short-apiculate, entire, obtuse to rounded at base, 3-nerved, essentially glabrous at maturity; panicle widely branched, 5-10 cm. long; buds pyriform, acuminate, glabrous, about 10 mm. long; hypan-thium about 4 mm. long at anthesis; petals white, about 10 mm. long; style straight, 8-10 mm. long, tapering distally to a punctiform stigma.
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A tree. The flowers are pink. The fruit are green and turn dark purple to black when ripe.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Conostegia polyandra world distribution map, present in Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru

Conservation status

Conostegia polyandra threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:568006-1
WFO ID wfo-0001081056
COL ID 5ZVLF
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Synonyms

Conostegia polyandra Miconia rupicola