Base de datos de plantas del FNPS
Callicarpa americana
Nomenclatura
Nombre común:
Sinónimo(s):
Especie del género:
Familia:
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Especificaciones de la planta
Forma:
Tamaño:
Esperanza de vida:
Long-lived perennial
Color de la flor:
Color de la fruta:
Fenología:
Destacado por:
Paisajismo
Usos recomendados:
Specimen plant, mass planting, casual shrub screen
Consideraciones:
Disponibilidad:
Propagación:
Seed.
Luz:
Tolerancia a la humedad:
Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco
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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Somewhat long very dry periods
Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:
Unknown
Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray
Suelo u otro sustrato:
Sand, Loam
pH del suelo:
Apto para cultivo en:
8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B
Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.
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Acreditado en:
Ecología
Fauna:
Larval host for for spring azure butterflies and snowberry clearwing moths.
Attracts various pollinators, especially bees. Documented bees include Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Dialictus placidensis, Halictus ligatus, Megachile brevis pseudobrevis and the none-native Apis mellifera (honeybee) (Deyrup et al. 2002).
Many bird species consume the fruit. including catbirds, mockinbirds, and robins.
Hábitats nativos:
Dry mesic hardwoods, xeric hammock, scrubby flatwoods, flatwoods, disturbed dry-moist woods.
Comentarios:
Etnobotánica:
Sometimes used to make jelly which is noted for its color.
There are three chemicals in the leaves that may be as effective as DEET as an insect repellant (Cantrell et al. 2005; Cantrell & Klun 2011). One, callicarpenal, apparently deters biting by the yellow-fever mosquito and the mosquito that spreads malaria. Callicarpenal and other compounds isolated from the plant also repell fire ants and ticks.
Comentarios generales:
Fruits are magenta. There is a white-fruited/white-flowered variety, uncommonly found naturally in Florida, that is sold occasionally.
Citas:
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Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
University of Tennessee Extension Service. (2010). Desired pH Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants. ( https://plantsciences.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/10/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf ). Accessed 2025. University of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville.
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Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
