Tuno emerald. Tree 5 m high. Used for firewood. It lives in Colombia , Boyacá , Chiquizá , and Cerro .
Summary
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- 1 Features
- 2 Habitat
- 3 Uses
- 4 Sources
characteristics
Shrub (5-8 m) with abundant branching that starts from the ground. Cup of irregular shape. Greyish green foliage ; leaves opposite, ovate, coricaceous, cuneate base, apex acuminate, margin serrated, vein curvinervia, upper surface dark green and lower surface light green, with brown pubescence. Inflorescence in terminal panicles 3 – 8 cm long. Beam dark green (light on bad soils). The fruits are emerald green berries with multiple seeds.
Habitat
Species native to the Colombian mountain ranges, it is found between 2,500 and 3,500 meters above sea level. Propagation is by seed. Application in barriers and live fences, firewood plots and posts (supports repeated harvest of sprouts). Supports poor and shallow soils.
Applications
Its wood is used as a post or firewood. It is the object of intense selective thinning since its wood is highly valued for fencing posts (very durable) and guardians (in pea and bean crops ).
The fruits are food for birds, accompanied by Myrcianthes leucoxyla, Xylosma spiculiferum, Viburnum spp., Among others. In drier atmospheres it appears typically associated with Dodonaea viscosa.