Family
MYRTACEAE
Forest Type
Seed Distribution
Birds
Animals
Height
25 m
Foliage Type
Evergreen
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This species is frequently used as an ornament. The fruit are edible and have astringent properties. Luma, derived from the indigenous name of the plant; apiculata, which refers to the leaf that ends in a sharp point, a reference to the presence of an apical mucron. |
Common Names
Arrayán, arrayán de palo colorado, collimamëll, quëtri (The Chilean Myrtle)
Aromatic, elliptical leaves tipped with mucon along the entire edge, the top of the leaf is darker than the backside. |
Orange colored bark. |
The flowers are white with numerous stamen. They flower between September and November. |
The fruit are purplish-black berries and are ripe at the end of the summer. |
In Chile, they grow between the Coquimbo Region and the Aysén Region. They are amply distributed in the reserve. They grow in the Valdivian rainforest and androgenic prairies. |