Ericaceae FAMILY
Macleania benthamiana
Macleania benthamiana
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitShrub
Growth—
A plant of the highland tropics, growing at elevations of 2,530 - 3,500 metres.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Macleania+benthamiana>
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.
- [3]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.