EricaceaeSubfamily Arbutoideae
Subfamily Ericoideae
Subfamily Vaccinioideae
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Macleania coccoloboides A.C.Smith
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- Family: Ericaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Ecuador (endemic)
- Habitat: premontane to montane moist cloud and rainforest, at 1780-3350m
- Description: Terrestrial or epiphytic shrub, to 5 m tall, often growing from a lignotuber to 0.3 m diam.
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- Uses: The fruit is very juicy but insipid
Restrictions:- Distribution Agreement (CBD or similar) - Plants do not leave Greenhouse/TLS w/o Manager approval!
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 200201584
- Source: Opel ex NYBG
- Provenance: Name citation in Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. viii. 69 (1952).
NYBG# 700 89B
- Accession Date: 02-14-2002
- Bench: 1106 - 1100 - S Ground Bed
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-07-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: asterids
- Order: Ericales
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- Family: Ericaceae
- SubFamily: Vaccinioideae
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