
Myrtaceae FAMILY Least Concern
Myrcianthes leucoxyla
Myrcianthes leucoxyla
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—
Requires a sunny position, thriving in most well-drained soils. Seedlings and young plants grow best in a shady position and in a rich moist soil2157].
Propagation
Seed - it has a very short viability of around 2 days after being extracted from the fruit. Fresh seed will usually germinate within 5 - 14 days of sowing[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Myrcianthes+leucoxyla>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Especies útiles en la Región Andina de Colombia Tomo 1 — Gutiérrez R.H.C. et al · Bogotá, D. C., Colombia · 2009 · ISBN 978-958-97749-2-2 ↩︎Detailed treatment of around 20 useful plants from the Andes of Colombia. (in Spanish)
- [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
- [3]Flora of Peru — Macbride. J.F. · Field Museum of Natural History · 1936 ↩︎An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
- [4]Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 24 — Smithsonian Institute; Washington. · 1931 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A treatment of the edible fruits of Ecuador is jut one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the internet.
- [5]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.
- [6]Wild edible fruits of Colombia: diversity and use prospects — López-Diago D. & García N. · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.21068/c2021.v22n02a02 ↩︎