Ugni candollei
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Ugni candollei ( syn .: Myrtus candollei Barnéoud , Myrtus krausei Phil. , Ugni krausei (Phil.) Berg , Ugni candollei f. Litoralis Kausel , Ugni candollei f. Monticola Kausel ) is a species of the myrtle family(Myrtaceae). The Spanish common name is Murta blanca or Murta tautau.
description
Ugni candollei is an evergreen shrub that reaches heights of up to 2 m. The bark of young branches, the leaves, flower stalks and fruits are more or less hairy. The decussate arranged, simple and short stalked, pointed or bespitzten leaves are glossy dark green, oval to lance-shaped or inverted-egg-shaped, with significantly sunken central vein. The hairy petiole is 1 to 3 mm long. The entire, leathery leaf blade is 1 to 3 cm long and 0.4 to 0.7 cm wide. The nerve is pinnate with weak, indistinct lateral veins.
The hermaphroditic, small, pendulous and axillary, long-stemmed flowers with a double inflorescence are four to five-fold. There are two small, narrow bracts under the flowers . The narrow, triangular sepals are free on the cup-shaped, more or less hairy flower cup . The pure white, free and roofed petals are 6 to 9 mm in size. There are 50 to 120 short, 2 to 3 mm long stamens . The conical stylus is 3 to 6 mm long, the draft tube ovary is inferior. There is a bare discus .
The small, finely hairy and almost round, multiselled berry fruits with the persistent sepals and discus remnants at the tip have a diameter of up to 13 mm and ripen red. The seeds are up to 2 mm in size.
distribution
The home in southern Chile ranges from region VII and X in damp locations near the coast.
use
Ugni candollei is used as an ornamental wood .
swell
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th Series, Vol. 45, No. 12, 1987-88, pp. 293-297, online at biodiversitylibrary.org.
- Flora Chilena ( Memento from July 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (span.)
Web links
- Description in the woody flora of the Andes of Ecuador. (span.)
- Ugni candollei at Fundación RA Philippi.