Fuchsia paniculata Lindl., Onagraceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  yes

Common name(s): [more details]

English: fuchsia, lady's eardrops

Habit:  shrub

Description:  "Gynodioecious or subdioecious, erect shrubs to small trees 3-8 m tall, usually glabrous. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-4 per node, subcoriaceous, elliptic to oblanceolate, 5-15.5 cm long, 2-5.5 cm wide, margins minutely to coarsely serrate, petioles 0.8-2.5 cm long, stipules triangular, often connate, 0.8-1.2 mm long, caducous. Flowers numerous, erect, in terminal, branched panicles; perfect flowers with pedicels 8-12 mm long, floral tube 4-8 mm long, with a smooth to irregularly lobed nectary at base, sepals rose purple, 5-10 mm long, spreading to reflexed at anthesis, petals lavender, 4-10 mm long, erect to spreading, staminal filaments opposite the sepals 4-13 mm long, those opposite the petals 2-11 mm long; pistillate flowers similar to perfect ones except floral tube 3-5.5 mm long, sepals 3.5-7 mm long, petals 2.3-4.5 mm long, staminal filaments opposite the sepals 1.5-4.9 mm long, those opposite the petals 1-4 mm long. Berries dark purple, glaucous, subglobose, 4-9 mm long" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 997).

Habitat/ecology:  In Hawai‘i, wet forest at approximately 3,000-5,000 ft. elevation (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 997).

Propagation:  Seed, possibly spread by birds.

Native range:  Central Mexico to Panama; cultivated and naturalized elsewhere (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island	introduced invasive	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 997) Voucher cited: Degener & Degener 31130 (BISH)

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	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	El Salvador (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Guatemala (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Nicaragua (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Panama (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Mexico Mexico	Mexico (United Mexican States)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz

Comments:  Would be a threat only at higher elevations in the tropics.

Control:  If you know of control methods for Fuchsia paniculata, please let us know.