''Brachyotum ledifolium'', also known as pucachaglla, is a plant of the genus ''

Brachyotum ''Brachyotum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 58 species native to the Andes of South America. Ulloa, C. U. (2007)''Brachyotum sertulatum'', una especie nueva de Melastomataceae de Colombia.In: ''Ana ...

'' that grows in the lower elevations of the Andean

Páramo Páramo () can refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountain Range, South America. Some ecologists describe the páramo broadly as "all high, tropical, montane vegetation above the continuous timberline". A narrower ...

. Its fruits are edible.

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ledifolium Páramo flora {{Melastomataceae-stub