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Miconia ciliata (Rich.) Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Miconia

Characteristics

Shrub to 3 m. tall, the younger branches glabrous, or rarely with a few setae at the nodes; petioles slender, 1-3 cm. long, usually setose near the summit on the upper side; leaf-blades firm in texture, oblong, varying toward ovate or obovate, up to 15 cm. long, two-fifths to half as wide, acute or abruptly acuminate, con-spicuously ciliate and commonly serrulate, glabrous, 3-nerved; panicle pyramidal, divaricately branched; flowers sessile and secund; hypanthium globose or urceolate, 2-2.5 mm. long; calyx-tube short, erect, truncate; petals about 3 mm. long; stamens isomorphic; anthers stoutly oblong, 1.5 mm. long, 2-celled, the connective simple.
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A shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The flowers are grouped along stalks 5-15 cm long. These are pyramid shaped. The fruit do not have stalks. The fruit are flattened berries. They are 0.4 cm long by 0.35 cm wide. They are green to blue-black. The pulp is purple and juicy. It is edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet areas on savannas. It also grows on the edges of savanna forest.
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Wet areas in the savannah, edges of savannah forests and in open secondary formations of the rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Leaf

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

Flower

Miconia ciliata flower picture by Denis Bastianelli (cc-by-sa)
Miconia ciliata flower picture by Denis Bastianelli (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Miconia ciliata fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Miconia ciliata fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Miconia ciliata fruit picture by feuilles alternes (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

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

Conservation status

Miconia ciliata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1108920-2
WFO ID wfo-0001078823
COL ID 42MY8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734160
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Melastoma sessiliflorum Tamonea ciliata Clidemia glabriflora Miconia cruegeri Melastoma ciliatum Miconia virgulata Acinodendron decussatum Miconia barbigera Miconia decussata Miconia congestiflora Hartigia barbigera Acinodendron ciliatum Miconia ciliata Miconia ciliata var. ciliata Miconia racemosa var. barbigera Miconia racemosa var. ciliata Miconia ciliata var. attenuata Miconia ciliata var. serrata Miconia racemosa var. plurilocularis Miconia racemosa var. urbaniana
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