Macleania rupestris
Ericaceae FAMILY

Macleania rupestris

Macleania rupestris

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Macleania rupestris is an epiphytic or terrestrial shrub, growing from 0.6 - 2 metres tall, often with climbing branches up to 6 metres long[ 376 Title Neotropical Blueberries - The Plant Family Ericaceae Publication Author Luteyn. J.L. & Pedraza-Peñalosa. P. Website http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very comprehensive on-line guide to the Ericaceae of tropical America, giving full botanical descriptions, often with details of plant uses. ]. Rarely, the plant adopts the habit of a small tree[ 376 Title Neotropical Blueberries - The Plant Family Ericaceae Publication Author Luteyn. J.L. & Pedraza-Peñalosa. P. Website http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very comprehensive on-line guide to the Ericaceae of tropical America, giving full botanical descriptions, often with details of plant uses. ]. The plant often has a basal lignotuber up to 1 metre in diameter[ 376 Title Neotropical Blueberries - The Plant Family Ericaceae Publication Author Luteyn. J.L. & Pedraza-Peñalosa. P. Website http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very comprehensive on-line guide to the Ericaceae of tropical America, giving full botanical descriptions, often with details of plant uses. ]. The edible fruit is much appreciated by local people[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description 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. ]. It is gathered from the wild, and the plant is sometimes also cultivated for these fruits, which are sold in local markets[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 376 Title Neotropical Blueberries - The Plant Family Ericaceae Publication Author Luteyn. J.L. & Pedraza-Peñalosa. P. Website http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very comprehensive on-line guide to the Ericaceae of tropical America, giving full botanical descriptions, often with details of plant uses. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, through Central America to Nicaragua.
HabitatLower montane dry forest, premontane dry and wet forest, montane moist, wet and rainforest, subalpine rainforest, Polylepis forest, to humid páramo, at elevations of 2,000 - 4,267 metres[ 376 Title Neotropical Blueberries - The Plant Family Ericaceae Publication Author Luteyn. J.L. & Pedraza-Peñalosa. P. Website http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very comprehensive on-line guide to the Ericaceae of tropical America, giving full botanical descriptions, often with details of plant uses. ].