Miconia chrysophylla Urb.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Miconia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite plant. It grows 8m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Forests at the bases of southeastern slopes, at elevations around 260 metres in Venezuela. Moist or wet, mixed forest at elevations around 350 metres in Guatemala.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses timber wood
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

Habit

Miconia chrysophylla habit picture by Jean-François Molino (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Miconia chrysophylla leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Miconia chrysophylla world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Miconia chrysophylla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158902-2
WFO ID wfo-0001080791
COL ID 42MY5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734159
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Synonyms

Tamonea fulva Chaenopleura fulva Miconia fulva Melastoma fulvum Acinodendron chrysophylla Melastoma chrysophyllum Miconia longifolia var. aubletiana Miconia fulva var. angustifolia Miconia fulva var. poeppigii Miconia fulva var. tinctoria Miconia chrysophylla