Ardisia escallonioides

Island marlberry
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Ardisia
Species:	A. escallonioides
Binomial name
	Ardisia escallonioides; Schltdl. & Cham.
Synonyms
	Ardisia pickeringia Torr. & A. Gray ex A. DC.; Bladhia paniculata (Nutt.) Sudw. ex Sarg.; Cyrilla paniculata Nutt.; Icacorea paniculata (Nutt.) Sudw.; Pickeringia paniculata (Nutt.) Nutt.; Tinus escallonioides (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze; Tinus pickeringia (Torr. & A. Gray ex A. DC.) Kuntze;

Ardisia escallonioides, the Island marlberry, is a plant species native to the West Indies and neighboring areas. It has been reported from Barbados, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Florida.^[4]^[5]

Ardisia escallonioides is a shrub or tree up to 15 m (50 feet) tall. It has elliptic leaves up to 17 cm (7 inches) long. Flowers are borne in a panicle of up to 20 flowers. Each flower is white to pink, up to 7 mm (0.3 inches) across. Fruits are fleshy drupes up to 7 mm (0.3 inches) across, red at first then turning black.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Uses

Fruits of A. escallonioides are reported to be edible, but some consider the taste to be unpleasant.^[11]

References

^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Ardisia escallonioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156754415A156769874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156754415A156769874.en. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ Tropicos
^ The Plant List
^ Flora of North America v 8 p 320.
^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
^ Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von, & Chamisso, Ludolf Karl Adelbert von. Plantarum Mexicanarum a Cel Viris Schiede et Deppe Collectarum Recensio Brevis. Linnaea 6(3): 385-430. 1831.
^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
^ Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. A Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables.
^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
^ Eat the
^ Eat the Weeds and Other Things Too by Green Deane

[1] IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Ardisia escallonioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156754415A156769874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156754415A156769874.en. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[2] Tropicos

[3] The Plant List

[4] Flora of North America v 8 p 320.

[5] Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.

[6] Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von, & Chamisso, Ludolf Karl Adelbert von. Plantarum Mexicanarum a Cel Viris Schiede et Deppe Collectarum Recensio Brevis. Linnaea 6(3): 385-430. 1831.

[7] Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.

[8] Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. A Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables.

[9] Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

[10] Eat the

[11] Eat the Weeds and Other Things Too by Green Deane

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