Disterigma alaternoides Nied.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Disterigma

Characteristics

A shrub. It can grow in the soil or attached to other plants. It grows 4 m tall. The fruit is pink to red and lets light through.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
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Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Premontane wet forest, montane moist, wet and rainforest, scrub vegetation, and subpáramo to páramo vegetation, mainly at elevations of 2,400-3400 metres, but found as low as 1,600 metres and up to 3,900 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest and mountain forest. It can grow between 1,600-3,900 m above sea level but is mainly between 2,400-3,400 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Disterigma alaternoides unspecified picture

Distribution

Disterigma alaternoides world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Disterigma alaternoides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82288-2
WFO ID wfo-0000652334
COL ID 36XD3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Vaccinium alaternoides Disterigma popenoi Metagonia alaternoides Vacciniopsis tetramera Disterigma alaternoides var. parvifolium Vaccinium alaternoides var. parvifolium Disterigma alaternoides