familyMyrtaceae
genusLuma
speciesLuma apiculata

Luma apiculata

(de Candolle) Burret

Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 523. 1941.

Leslie R. Landrum
Basionym: Eugenia apiculata de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle Prodr. 3: 276. 1828
Synonyms: Myrceugenella apiculata (de Candolle) Kausel
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Shrubs or trees to 10 m; trunk smooth, often appearing some­what twisted; bark grayish or bright orangish brown, often with lighter spots; young twigs puberulent to villous. Leaves: blade elliptic to suborbiculate, 1–4.5 ×0.5–3.5 cm, base cuneate to rounded, apex apiculate to abruptly acuminate. Peduncles 5–30 mm. Flowers: calyx open, lobes persistent, 2–3 (–4) mm; petals 3–5 mm. Berries to ca. 10 mm. Seeds 3–6 mm.


Phenology: Flowering mainly late summer; fruiting fall.
Habitat: Dis­turbed areas.
Elevation: 0–20 m.

Distribution

Introduced; Calif., South America (sw Argentina), South America (s Chile)

Discussion

In the flora area, Luma apiculata is known mainly from near San Francisco.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Anther fixation
dorsifixed +  and basifixed +
Apex shape
apiculate +  and abruptly acuminate +
Author
Leslie R. Landrum +
Authority
(de Candolle) Burret +
Bark architecture or pubescence
scaly +
Bark architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Bark coloration
brown +, bright orangish +  and grayish +
Base shape
cuneate +  and rounded +
Basionyms
Eugenia apiculata +
Berry some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Blade architecture
brochidodromous +
Blade length
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
Blade shape
elliptic +  and suborbiculate +
Blade texture
submembranous +, papery +  and leathery +
Blade width
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Bract presence
absent +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Calyx architecture
open +
Calyx coloration
green +
Calyx lobe arrangement
imbricate +
Calyx lobe fusion
fused +  and distinct +
Calyx lobe variability
equaling +
Capsule architecture or shape
nutlike +
Cotyledon arrangement
separate +
Cotyledon shape
planoconvex +  and suborbicular +
Dichasium architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Distribution
Calif. +, South America (sw Argentina) +  and South America (s Chile) +
Elevation
0–20 m. +
Embryo coating
oily +
Embryo shape
lenticular +
Embryo texture
starchy +
Endosperm presence
absent +
Endosperm quantity
scant +
Flower architecture
pedicellate +, sessile +  and 4-merous +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower atypical quantity
0 (4) +
Flower position
epigynous +
Flower quantity
4 +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Fruits berry architecture
crowned +
Fruits berry coloration
dark purple +
Fruits berry shape
subglobose +
Growth architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Growth life cycle
young +
Growth odor
aromatic +
Habitat
Disturbed areas. +
Hair architecture
simple +
Hypanthium length
prolonged +
Hypanthium shape
obconic +  and campanulate +
Illustration
Present +
Inflorescence architecture
3-flowered +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Introduced
true +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +  and simple +
Leaf arrangement
opposite +
Leaf duration
persistent +
Lobe atypical some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Lobe duration
persistent +
Lobe fusion
distinct +
Lobe some measurement
? (?) +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
sinuate +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
carpellate +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Ovary placentation
axile +
Ovary position
basal +, subapical +  and inferior +
Ovule architecture
bitegmic +
Ovule architecture or arrangement
multiseriate +
Ovule arrangement
biseriate +
Ovule atypical quantity
300 (500) +
Ovule quantity
6;14 +
Peduncle some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Petal arrangement
imbricate +
Petal coloration
white +
Petal fusion
coherent +, fused +  and distinct +
Petal some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering mainly late summer +  and fruiting fall. +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Publication title
Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem +
Publication year
1941 +
Reference
None +
Seed-coat texture
membranous +
Seed quantity
1 +  and 16 +
Seed shape
lenticular +
Seed some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Shrub architecture
unarmed +
Shrub growth form
clonal +
Shrub growth form or habitat
terrestrial +
Shrub pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Shrub reproduction
synoecious +
Shrub some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1,000 cm10,000 mm <br />10 m <br />) +
Stamen quantity
170 +  and 300 +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stipule derivation
true +
Style position relational
surrounding +
Style quantity
1 +
Synonyms
Myrceugenella apiculata +
Taxon family
Myrtaceae +
Taxon name
Luma apiculata +
Taxon parent
Luma +
Taxon rank
species +
Tree pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Tree size
small +
Tree some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1,000 cm10,000 mm <br />10 m <br />) +
Trunk architecture
twisted +
Trunk architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Twig life cycle
young +
Twig pubescence
puberulent +  and villous +
Unit architecture
open +
Volume
Volume 10 +