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Maytenus disticha

Maytenus disticha
Photo: (c) Nicolás Villaseca Merino, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Celastraceae (Celastr family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
C. & S. Chile to S. Argentina
Climate
temperate

About

Maytenus disticha is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a shrub native to Chile and Argentina. In Chile, it is distributed from the Maule to the Magallanes regions. It is one of the four Maytenus species native to Chile alongside Maytenus boaria, Maytenus chubutensis and Maytenus magellanica.

Other Maytenus plants

Mayten · Maytenus chubutensis · Caribbean mayten · Maytenus jamesonii · Magellan's Mayten · Mayten

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maytenus disticha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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