Arbutus canariensis
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Arbutus canariensis or the Canarian strawberry tree is aspecies from the genus of strawberry trees ( Arbutus )that is only endemic to the Canary Islands .
features
Arbutus canariensis is an evergreen tree that can reach heights of up to 7-15 meters. The smooth, orange-brown, soft bark flakes off in strips.
The simple, bald and short-stalked, alternate, leathery, thick leaves are notched, sawn and up to 10-15 centimeters long, they are grouped at the branch ends. They are hairy when young, the leaves are dark green on top and pale green on the underside. They are ovate, lanceolate or lanceolate to obovate, lanceolate and rounded to pointed.
The glandular, usually racemose to paniculate inflorescences are axially or terminally arranged at the end of the branches. The stalked, fragrant and hermaphrodite, five-fold flowers with a double flower envelope are usually white, but can also be greenish-white or white-pink, reddish. The peduncle and bracts are hairy glands. The green chalice is small and flat with five lobes. The corolla is urn-shaped with small, recessed lobes. There are 10 enclosed, short stamens . The upper ovary is multi-chambered. There is a discus .
The yellow to orange, knobbly and rounded, many-seeded berries have a diameter of 2 to 3 centimeters and are fleshy and tasty.
Occurrence
Arbutus canariensis is endemic to the Canary Islands El Hierro , La Palma, La Gomera , Tenerife and Gran Canaria . Their habitat is the laurel forest and Fayal-Brezal .
Taxonomy
The first description was made in 1800 by the French author Veillard (further details are not known) in Traité des Arbres et Arbustes [Nouvelle Édition; Second Édition] 1: 80, which was published in a new edition, posthumously after Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau , author of the first edition of the work from 1755. The authors are listed in the 4th volume from 1809.
use
The fruits are edible.
literature
- Adalbert Hohenester, Walter Welss: Excursion flora for the Canary Islands. With views of the whole of Macaronesia . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1993, ISBN 3-8001-3466-7 ( PDF file; 23.2 MB ).
- The IUCN Plant Red Data Book. IUCN, 1978, ISBN 2-88032-202-2 , pp. 195 f.
Web links
- Arbutus canariensis from Arbolapp, accessed on September 17, 2019.