Fuchsia paniculata Lindl.

Shrubby fuchsia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Fuchsia

Characteristics

It is like Fuchsia magellanica. A shrub or small tree. It can be 8 m high. The leaves have teeth along the edge. They are opposite with 3-4 at each node. The flowers are at the ends of branches. The flowers are pink and very small. They are massed in large panicles. The fruit are round berries. They are deep purplish red. They are 9 mm long by 7 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 6.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen cloud forest. It grows between 1.200-3,000 m above sea level. It is best in a fertile, well-drained soil.
More
Frequent in moist oak-pine and evergreen cloud forests at elevations of 1,200-3,000 metres.
Cloud forests.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds or cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Fuchsia paniculata leaf picture by stanislas auber (cc-by-sa)
Fuchsia paniculata leaf picture by visiones (cc-by-sa)
Fuchsia paniculata leaf picture by visiones (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Fuchsia paniculata flower picture by marcelo blanco (cc-by-sa)
Fuchsia paniculata flower picture by vero yeon (cc-by-sa)
Fuchsia paniculata flower picture by García Douglas (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Fuchsia paniculata fruit picture by Hernández Gabriel (cc-by-sa)
Fuchsia paniculata fruit picture by visiones (cc-by-sa)
Fuchsia paniculata fruit picture by Schumann Aldana (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Fuchsia paniculata world distribution map, present in United States of America

Conservation status

Fuchsia paniculata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106252-2
WFO ID wfo-0000692840
COL ID 6JQPR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Fuchsia liebmannii Fuchsia paniculata Fuchsia hamellioides Fuchsia arborescens var. megalantha Fuchsia arborescens var. syringaeflora Fuchsia arborescens f. parva Fuchsia arborescens f. tenuis Fuchsia paniculata subsp. paniculata