Luma chequen
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{{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]
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[[Category:Myrtaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of Chile]]
[[Category:Trees of Argentina]]
[[Category:Flora of Chile]]
[[Category:Flora of Argentina]]
[[Category:Trees of mild maritime climate]]
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