''Callicarpa acuminata'' is a species of
beautyberry
''Callicarpa'' (beautyberry) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Lamiaceae.Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. 2007: Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. They are native to east a ...
native to
Latin America
Latin America or
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from
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
to
Bolivia
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/ref>[Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..] Unlike the other species of this genus, ''C. acuminata'' produces small berry-like fruits which can be dark-purple or dark blue-purple. The fruit can sometimes be white. The flowers blooms are white. The fruit grow in tight clumps and sometimes resemble grapes. They are cultivated as garden trees.
Three varieties are recognized:
#''Callicarpa acuminata'' var. ''acuminata'' - from Mexico to Bolivia
#''Callicarpa acuminata'' var. ''argutidentata'' Moldenke - Tamaulipas, Honduras
#''Callicarpa acuminata'' var. ''pringlei'' (Briq.) Moldenke - eastern Mexico from Tamaulipas to Chiapas
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Callicarpa acuminata pictures
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Flora of Mexico
Flora of Central America
Flora of South America
Plants described in 1818
Garden plants
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