Onagraceae FAMILY

Fuchsia splendens

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fuchsia splendens is a few to many-branched, soft-wooded shrub or small tree that can grow up to 6 metres tall, but is usually much lower[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ , 430 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 69 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1982 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains a treatment of section Fuchsia in the Genus Fuchsia. ]. It is occasionally found as an epiphyte on trees[ 430 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 69 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1982 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains a treatment of section Fuchsia in the Genus Fuchsia. ]. The edible fruit is often gathered from the wild for local use, and is commonly eaten by travellers as a substitute for water[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. The plant is often grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its attractive flowers[ 377 Title Trade Winds Fruit Publication Author Website http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeCentral America - Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and southern Mexico

HabitatMoist or wet forest, often in loose sand, sometimes in high pine forest, often growing on cliffs and very frequently epiphytic on the moss-covered branches of trees, at elevations of 2,400 - 3,300 metres[ 253 Title The Garden Volume 123 Publication Author Hodgson I. (Editor) Publisher Royal Horticultural Society Year 1998 ISBN 0308-5457 Description Articles on Fuchsia species, cultivars of Blackberries. , 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].