Ardisia escallonioides

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Island marlberry
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Ardisia
Species:
A. escallonioides
Binomial name
Ardisia escallonioides
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Ardisia pickeringiaTorr. & A. Gray ex A. DC.
  • Bladhia paniculata(Nutt.) Sudw. ex Sarg.
  • Cyrilla paniculataNutt.
  • Icacorea paniculata(Nutt.) Sudw.
  • Pickeringia paniculata(Nutt.) Nutt.
  • Tinus escallonioides(Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze
  • Tinus pickeringia(Torr. & A. Gray ex A. DC.) Kuntze

Ardisia escallonioides, the Island marlberry, is a plant species native to the West Indies and neighboring areas. It has been reported from Barbados, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Florida. [4] [5]

Ardisia escallonioides is a shrub or tree up to 15 m (50 feet) tall. It has elliptic leaves up to 17 cm (7 inches) long. Flowers are borne in a panicle of up to 20 flowers. Each flower is white to pink, up to 7 mm (0.3 inches) across. Fruits are fleshy drupes up to 7 mm (0.3 inches) across, red at first then turning black. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Uses

Fruits of A. escallonioides are reported to be edible, but some consider the taste to be unpleasant. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Ardisia escallonioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T156754415A156769874. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156754415A156769874.en . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  3. ↑ The Plant List
  4. ↑ Flora of North America v 8 p 320.
  5. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
  6. ↑ Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von, & Chamisso, Ludolf Karl Adelbert von. Plantarum Mexicanarum a Cel Viris Schiede et Deppe Collectarum Recensio Brevis. Linnaea 6(3): 385-430. 1831.
  7. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
  8. ↑ Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. A Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables.
  9. ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  10. ↑ Eat the
  11. ↑ Eat the Weeds and Other Things Too by Green Deane
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