Luma chequen 3218064 196970743 2008-03-09T09:52:09Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Luma chequen'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Myrtales]] | familia = [[Myrtaceae]] | genus = ''[[Luma (plant)|Luma]]'' | species = '''''L. chequen''''' | binomial = ''Luma chequen'' | binomial_authority = ([[Juan Ignacio Molina|Molina]]) [[Asa Gray|A.Gray]] }} '''''Luma chequen''''' ('''White Chilean Myrtle''') is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the genus ''[[Luma (plant)|Luma]]'' in the family [[Myrtaceae]], native to the central [[Andes]] mountains between [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]], at latitudes located 30 to 41º South. [[Synonymy|Synonyms]] include ''Eugenia chequen'' Molina, ''Myrtus chequen'' (Molina) Spreng., and ''Luma gayana'' (Barn.) Burret. Common names in Spanish include '''Chequén''', '''Huillipeta''', and '''Arrayán Blanco''' (White Myrtle). It is a [[shrub]] (rarely a small [[tree]]) growing to 9 m tall, with dull grey-brown [[bark]] (unlike the smooth red bark of the related ''[[Luma apiculata]]''). It is [[evergreen]], with small fragrant oval [[leaf|leaves]] 0.5-2.5 cm long and 0.3-1.5 cm broad, and white [[flower]]s in early to mid summer. Its [[fruit]] is an edible dark purple [[berry]] 1 cm in diameter, ripe in early autumn. It has been introduced as ornamental in the North Pacific Coast of the [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.seattle.gov/parks/proparks/projects/ArboretumReport.pdf | title=''Luma chequen'' in Washington Park Arboretum}}</ref>. ==External links== {{Reflist}} * [http://www.florachilena.cl/Niv_tax/Angiospermas/Ordenes/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Luma/chequen/Chequen.htm ''Luma chequen'' in Encyclopedia of the Chilean Flora] * [http://www.chilebosque.cl/tree/lcheq.html ''Luma chequen'' in Chilebosque] {{Myrtaceae-stub}} [[Category:Myrtaceae]] [[Category:Trees of Chile]] [[Category:Trees of Argentina]] [[Category:Flora of Chile]] [[Category:Flora of Argentina]] [[Category:Trees of mild maritime climate]] [[es:Luma chequen]]