Bracteate cavendishia
Cavendishia bracteata

Family: Ericaceae

What it is like

A shrub. It may grow in the soil or can grow attached to other plants. It grows 3 m tall. It can be a climber. The leaf blades are 12 cm long. They narrow to the tip. There are usually 5-7 major veins from the base. The young leaves are coppery purple. They become green and leathery. There are about 20 flowers in a cluster. They are tube shaped. They have a pink bract about 3.5 cm long around them. The fruit is a berry about 1 cm across. The fruit are edible.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. In Costa Rica it grows between about 800-3,000 m altitude. In Hobart Botanical gardens (As Cavendishia acuminata)

Countries/locations it is found in

Andes, Australia, Bolivia, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Peru, South America, Tasmania, Venezuela

How it is used for food

The fruit are eaten raw and used in jams.

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Flowers form at any time of the year.

Its other names

Local names

Anizo, Arrayan, Boton-boton, Cacaguito, Chaki lulun, Clavel georgino, Cobetilla, Colmillo, Flora de montana, Gaulicon, Hualicon, Iquilan, Joyapa, Loco lucuna, Madra selva, Maichcha, Maycha, Motilon, Mozgal Mununo, Muyana, Pipino-ccora, Puchato, Pucsato, Salapa, Shash, Uvo, Yew-ya-may, Zagala, Zagalita, Zagalito, Zarcillejo

Synonyms

Cavendishia acuminata (Hook.) Hemsl.; Cavendishia beckmanniana Hoerold; Cavendishia benthamiana (Klotzsch) Hoerold; Cavendishia campii A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia chiapensis Brandegee; Cavendishia cordata (Klotzsch) Hoerold; Cavendishia cordifolia (Kunth) Hoerold; Cavendishia costaricensis Hoerold; Cavendishia crassifolia (Benth.) Hemsl.; Cavendishia dichroa A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia dugandiana A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia durifolia A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia gracilis A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia guatemalensis Loes.; Cavendishia guatemalensis var. chiapensis (Brandegee) L.O.Williams; Cavendishia hartwegiana (Klotzsch) Hoerold; Cavendishia hendersoni (Regel) Hoerold; Cavendishia hoffmannii Hoerold; Cavendishia killipii A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia latifolia Hemsl.; Cavendishia lehmannii Hoerold; Cavendishia melastomoides (Kunth) Hoerold; Cavendishia miconioides A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia montana A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia peruviana Hoerold; Cavendishia pilgeriana Hoerold; Cavendishia pseudopubescens (Klotzsch) Hoerold; Cavendishia pubescens var. microphylla Hoerold; Cavendishia rigidifolia A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia sandemanii A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia scabriuscula (Kunth) Hoerold; Cavendishia secundiflora Hoerold; Cavendishia sillarensis Herzog; Cavendishia skutchii A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia smithii Hoerold; Cavendishia tubiflora A. C. Sm. ex Cuatrec; and others Cavendishia splendens (Klotzsch) Hoerold ; Cavendishia strobilifera (Kunth) Hoerold ; Cavendishia tolimensis Cuatrec.; Cavendishia tubiflora A.C.Sm.; Cavendishia ulbrichiana Hoerold; Cavendishia ulei Hoerold; Cavendishia veraguensis (Klotzsch) Hemsl.; Cavendishia warszewiczii (Klotzsch) Hemsl. ; Chupalon acuminatum (Hook.) Kuntze; Chupalon benthamianum (Klotzsch) Kuntze; Chupalon bracteatum (Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.) Kuntze; Chupalon cordatum (Klotzsch) Kuntze; Chupalon cordifolium (Kunth) Kuntze; Chupalon crassifolium (Benth.) Kuntze; Chupalon hartwegianum (Klotzsch) Kuntze; Chupalon latifolium (Hemsl.) Kuntze; Chupalon pseudopubescens (Klotzsch) Kuntze; Chupalon scabriusculum (Kunth) Kuntze; Chupalon splendens (Klotzsch) Kuntze; Chupalon strobiliferum (Kunth) Kuntze; Chupalon veraguense (Klotzsch) Kuntze; Chupalon warszewiczii (Klotzsch) Kuntze; Polyboea crassifolia (Benth.) Klotzsch; Polyboea velutina Griseb.; Proclesia acuminata (Hook.) Klotzsch; Proclesia benthamiana Klotzsch; Proclesia bracteata (Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.) Klotzsch; Proclesia cordata Klotzsch; Proclesia cordifolia (Kunth) Klotzsch; Proclesia hartwegiana Klotzsch; Proclesia melastomoides (Kunth) Klotzsch; Proclesia pseudo-pubescens Klotzsch; Proclesia scabriuscula (Kunth) Klotzsch Proclesia splendens Klotzsch Proclesia strobilifera (Kunth) Klotzsch; Proclesia veraguensis Klotzsch Proclesia warszewiczii Klotzsch Thibaudia acuminata Dunal Thibaudia acuminata Hook. Thibaudia bracteata Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.; Thibaudia cordifolia Kunth Thibaudia crassifolia Benth. Thibaudia hendersoni Regel Thibaudia hookeri Walp. Thibaudia melastomoides Kunth Thibaudia mexicana M.Martens & Galeotti; Thibaudia pubescens var. parvifolia Benth.; Thibaudia scabriuscula Kunth Thibaudia strobilifera Kunth