Ardisia escallonioides

Species of flowering plant

Island marlberry

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Ericales
Family:  | Primulaceae
Genus:  | Ardisia
Species:  |

A. escallonioides

Binomial name
Ardisia escallonioides

Schltdl. & Cham.

Synonyms[2][3]

* Ardisia pickeringia Torr. & A. Gray ex A. DC.
* Bladhia paniculata (Nutt.) Sudw. ex Sarg.
* Cyrilla paniculata Nutt.
* Icacorea paniculata (Nutt.) Sudw.
* Pickeringia paniculata (Nutt.) Nutt.
* Tinus escallonioides (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze
* Tinus pickeringia (Torr. & A. Gray ex A. DC.) Kuntze

Ardisia escallonioides, the Island marlberry, is a plant species native to the West Indies and neighboring areas. It has been reported from Barbados, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Florida.[4][5]

Ardisia escallonioides is a shrub or tree up to 15 m (50 feet) tall. It has elliptic leaves up to 17 cm (7 inches) long. Flowers are borne in a panicle of up to 20 flowers. Each flower is white to pink, up to 7 mm (0.3 inches) across. Fruits are fleshy drupes up to 7 mm (0.3 inches) across, red at first then turning black.[6][7][8][9][10]

## Uses

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Fruits of A. escallonioides are reported to be edible, but some consider the taste to be unpleasant.[11]

## References

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1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Ardisia escallonioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156754415A156769874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156754415A156769874.en. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
2. ^ Tropicos
3. ^ The Plant List
4. ^ Flora of North America v 8 p 320.
5. ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
6. ^ Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von, & Chamisso, Ludolf Karl Adelbert von. Plantarum Mexicanarum a Cel Viris Schiede et Deppe Collectarum Recensio Brevis. Linnaea 6(3): 385-430. 1831.
7. ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
8. ^ Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. A Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables.
9. ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
10. ^ Eat the
11. ^ Eat the Weeds and Other Things Too by Green Deane

Taxon identifiers

Ardisia escallonioides|

* Wikidata: Q15324277
* Wikispecies: Ardisia escallonioides
* AoFP: 760
* CoL: GD2Y
* EoL: 583537
* EPPO: ADAES
* FNA: 250092262
* GBIF: 5558603
* GRIN: 312565
* iNaturalist: 131598
* IPNI: 18136-2
* ITIS: 836229
* IUCN: 156754415
* NatureServe: 2.145262
* NCBI: 1620018
* Open Tree of Life: 3900247
* Plant List: kew-2647906
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18136-2
* Tropicos: 22000538
* WFO: wfo-0000544266