Ardisia escallonioides

Island marlberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Ardisia
Species: A. escallonioides
Binomial name
Ardisia escallonioides
Schltdl. & Cham.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Ardisia pickeringia Torr. & A. Gray ex A. DC.
  • Bladhia paniculata (Nutt.) Sudw. ex Sarg.
  • Cyrilla paniculata Nutt.
  • 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. [3][4]

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.[5][6][7][8][9]

Uses

Fruits of A. escallonioides are reported to be edible, but some consider the taste to be unpleasant.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ Flora of North America v 8 p 320.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  9. ↑ Eat the
  10. ↑ Eat the Weeds and Other Things Too by Green Deane
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