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Ardisia escallonioides
Also called Island marlberry, Dogberry
Marlberry (Ardisia escallonioides) is a shrub or small tree from the West Indies and Central America, grown mainly outdoors in warm, humid, frost-free climates. It thrives in partial shade to sun with regular moisture and is grown for its foliage and fruit.
Ardisia escallonioides, the Island marlberry, is a plant species native to the West Indies and neighboring areas. It has been reported from Barbados, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Florida.
Ardisia escallonioides is a shrub or tree up to 15 m (50 feet) tall. It has elliptic leaves up to 17 cm (7 in) long. Flowers are borne in a panicle of up to 20 flowers. Each flower is white to pink, up to 7 mm (0.3 in) across. Fruits are fleshy drupes up to 7 mm (0.3 in) across, red at first then turning black.
Fruits of A. escallonioides are reported to be edible, but some consider the taste to be unpleasant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ardisia escallonioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
