Sims, Onagraceae |
Present on Pacific Islands? no
Primarily a threat at high elevations? yes
Common name(s): [more details]
Spanish: aretillo |
Habit: shrub
Description: "A shrub or tree 1.5-8 meters high, glabrous throughout or nearly so, the trunk short and thick, the crown dense and rounded; leaves opposite or ternate, slender-petiolate, oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, 7-20 cm long, acute or acuminate, attenuate to the base, entire or serrulate, paler beneath; flowers rose-red or red-purple, about 12 mm long, forming large and usually dense, terminal panicles; lobes of the calyx about equaling the tube, linear-oblong, obtuse, reflexed in flower; flower buds rounded or very obtuse at the apex; petals shorter than the sepals; stamens usually conspicuously exserted; fruit subglobose, as much as 1 cm in diameter when fresh, dark purple or purple-black, with a bloom" (Standley & Williams, 1963; pp. 528-529).
Habitat/ecology: "Moist or wet, mixed forest or more often at the edge of the first or in open meadows, often in thickets, 1,300-2,900 m" [Guatemala] (Standley & Williams, 1963; pp. 528-529).
Propagation: Not known.
Native range: Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama (Standley & Williams, 1963; pp. 528-529).
Presence:
Pacific Rim | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Central America
Central America (Pacific rim) |
Costa Rica (Republic of) |
native
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Standley, Paul C./Williams, Louis Otho (1963) (pp. 528-529) |
Central America
Central America (Pacific rim) |
El Salvador (Republic of) |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (1998) (voucher ID: PTBG 26300)
Taxon name on voucher: Fuchsia arborescens Sims |
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Central America
Central America (Pacific rim) |
Guatemala (Republic of) |
native
|
Standley, Paul C./Williams, Louis Otho (1963) (pp. 528-529) |
Central America
Central America (Pacific rim) |
Honduras (Republic of) |
native
|
Standley, Paul C./Williams, Louis Otho (1963) (pp. 528-529) |
Central America
Central America (Pacific rim) |
Panama (Republic of) |
native
|
Standley, Paul C./Williams, Louis Otho (1963) (pp. 528-529) |
Mexico
Mexico |
Mexico (United Mexican States) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Mexico
Mexico |
Mexico (United Mexican States) |
native
|
Standley, Paul C./Williams, Louis Otho (1963) (pp. 528-529) |
Comments: Reported invasive in Tanzania (Rejmánek, 1996).
Control: If you know of control methods for Fuchsia arborescens, please let us know.