Ericaceae FAMILY
Disterigma empetrifolium
Disterigma empetrifolium
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitShrub
Growth—
A plant of high elevations in tropical areas, experiencing frost and occasional snow.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Disterigma+empetrifolium>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Neotropical Blueberries - The Plant Family Ericaceae — Luteyn. J.L. & Pedraza-Peñalosa. P. · http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/ ↩︎A very comprehensive on-line guide to the Ericaceae of tropical America, giving full botanical descriptions, often with details of plant uses.
- [2]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.