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Fuchsia denticulata

Botanic Family

Onagraceae

Author

Ruiz & Pavon

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental, edible fruit

Hardiness Zone

Min 5C

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Peru
• Bolivia

Natural Habitats

• Moist cloud forest
• shrubland
• thickets. A shrub in cultivation

Flowering Times

• Summer Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Scrambling or erect shrub to 3m with trigonal glabrous furrowed branches. Glabrous denticulate leaves to 120mm x 50mm, villous on middle nerve beneath. Axillary or terminal 95mm red flowers tipped green, red or pink, pink villous or glabrate calyx, tube to 40mm x 6mm with lobes 23mm long, 4-lobed red petals. Pendulous fruit purple-red to 26mm long

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• FOPE