Ardisia escallonioides

Schlechtendal & Chamisso

Linnaea 6: 393. 1831 ,.

Common names: Island marlberry
WeedyIntroduced
Synonyms: Icacorea paniculata (Nuttall) Sudworth
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 320. Mentioned on page 319.

Subshrubs or trees, not stoloniferous, 11–15.2 m; branchlets sparsely to densely rufous-papillate, sometimes also with multicellular hairs. Leaves: petiole 5–12 mm, glabrous; blade elliptic to oblanceolate, 3.2–17.5 × 1.3–6.2 cm, margins entire, flat, (without vascularized nodules), apex acute, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences terminal, panicles of racemes, 6–18-flowered. Pedicels erect, 0.4–0.6 cm, sparsely to densely rufous-papillate. Flowers: sepals 5–6, ovate, 1.8–2 mm, margins entire, (glandular-ciliolate), apex acute, minutely papillate; petals 5–6, white to pink, lanceolate, 6.7–6.9 mm, margins entire, (hyaline, membranous), apex acute, punctate, with dense, yellow papillae adaxially at base, glabrous; stamens shorter than petals; anthers ovate to lanceolate, apex apiculate, punctate abaxially; ovary pellucid-punctate, glabrous; ovules 39–44, multiseriate. Drupes red, becoming black, 4–7 mm diam., punctate.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Nov–May.
Habitat: Hammocks
Elevation: 0-30 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., Mexico, West Indies (Barbados), West Indies (Bermuda), West Indies (Cuba), West Indies (Dominican Republic), Central America (Belize), Central America (Guatemala)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Ardisia escallonioides"
ovate +  and lanceolate +
papillate +
John J. Pipoly III +  and Jon M. Ricketson +
Schlechtendal & Chamisso +
acute +  and obovate +
3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br /> (17.5 cm175 mm <br />0.175 m <br />) +
sculpted +  and entire +
elliptic;oblanceolate +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (6.2 cm62 mm <br />0.062 m <br />) +
rufous-papillate +
oblong-ovate +  and ovate +
Island marlberry +
cupuliform +  and campanulate +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies (Barbados) +, West Indies (Bermuda) +, West Indies (Cuba) +, West Indies (Dominican Republic) +, Central America (Belize) +  and Central America (Guatemala) +
black +  and red +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +
0-30 m +
curved +  and straight +
free +  and connate +
costate +  and drupaceous +
indehiscent +
subglobose +  and globose +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Hammocks +
multicellular +
stipitate-stellate +
nectariferous +
glandular-villous +
axillary +, subterminal +  and terminal +
monomorphic +
persistent +
undulate +, crenate +  and entire +
pellucid-punctate +
tenuinucellate +  and bitegmic +
anatropous;campylotropous +
39 +  and 44 +
6-18-flowered +
rufous-papillate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
white +  and pink +
connate;proximally nearly distinct +
lanceolate +
0.67 cm6.7 mm <br />0.0067 m <br /> (0.69 cm6.9 mm <br />0.0069 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jun +  and fruiting Nov–May. +
3-5-carpellate +
membranous +
white +  and black +
globose +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
Weedy +  and Introduced +
epipetalous +  and antipetalous +
usually capitate;truncate +
punctiform +
rudimentary +
Icacorea paniculata +
Ardisia escallonioides +
species +
inconspicuous +
annual +  and perennial +
not stoloniferous;not stoloniferous +
tree +  and subshrub +
glabrescent +  and hairy +