Escallonia myrtilloides
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| Escallonia myrtilloides | |
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| Branchlet with leaves and flowers | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Escalloniales |
| Family: | Escalloniaceae |
| Genus: | Escallonia |
| Species: | E. myrtilloides |
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| Escallonia myrtilloides | |
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Escallonia myrtilloides is an evergreen shrub or tree in the Escalloniaceae family, native to open montane wet forests and paramos from Costa Rica to Bolivia. It occurs at elevations between 1,900 and 4,200 metres (6,200 and 13,800 feet).[1][2]
Trees or shrubs from 2–6 metres (6 ft 7 in – 19 ft 8 in) high, with irregular to conical shaped crown and branches growing almost horizontally, giving the tree the appearance of a Chinese pagoda. Leaves dark green, leathery, obovate, of 0.8–2.3 centimetres (0.31–0.91 in) long, 0.4–1 centimetre (0.16–0.39 in) wide; borne on short twigs. Inflorescences in corymbs of 1–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) long; flowers greenish white to pale yellow; fruits green, ca. 0.6 centimetres (0.24 in) wide, with numerous seeds.[2][3]