Callicarpa acuminata

Callicarpa acuminata is a species of beautyberry native to Latin America from Mexico to Bolivia.^[2][3][4] Unlike the other species of this genus, C. acuminata produces small berry-like fruits which can be dark-purple or dark blue-purple. The fruit can sometimes be white. The flowers blooms are white. The fruit grow in tight clumps and sometimes resemble grapes. They are cultivated as garden trees.

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Asterids

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Callicarpa acuminata
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Callicarpa
Species:	C. acuminata
Binomial name
Callicarpa acuminata Kunth
Synonyms[2]
Callicarpa subintegerrima Kunth Callicarpa bonplandiana Schult. & Schult.f. Callicarpa mollis Willd. ex Schauer Callicarpa schlimii Turcz. Callicarpa minutiflora Rusby Aegiphila minutiflora Rusby ex Moldenke Callicarpa pringlei Briq.

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Three varieties are recognized:

1. Callicarpa acuminata var. acuminata - from Mexico to Bolivia
2. Callicarpa acuminata var. argutidentata Moldenke - Tamaulipas, Honduras
3. Callicarpa acuminata var. pringlei (Briq.) Moldenke - eastern Mexico from Tamaulipas to Chiapas