Miconia cinerascens Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Miconia

Characteristics

A shrub. It can grow 3.5 m tall. The leaf stalks are 3-5 cm long. The leaves are 14-20 cm long by 6-9 cm wide. They are whitish underneath. They have teeth or are jagged along the edges. The flowers are in heads 17-21 cm across. The fruit are yellow and turn purple to black.
Life form -
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the rainforest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Miconia cinerascens world distribution map, present in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:572295-1
WFO ID wfo-0001082090
COL ID 42MYC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Miconia proteoides Miconia paulensis Miconia cinerascens Acinodendron cinerascens Acinodendron paulense Miconia cinerascens var. cinerascens

Lower taxons

Miconia cinerascens var. robusta