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Ardisia escallonioides

island marlberry
Habit 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.

Ardisia escallonioides
Phenology Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Nov–May.
Habitat Hammocks
Elevation 0-30 m (0-100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; Mexico; West Indies (Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic); Central America (Belize, Guatemala) [Introduced in North America]
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Source FNA vol. 8, p. 320.
Parent taxa Myrsinaceae > Ardisia
Sibling taxa
A. crenata, A. elliptica, A. japonica
Synonyms Icacorea paniculata
Name authority Schlechtendal & Chamisso: Linnaea 6: 393. 1831 ,
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