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Luma

Botanical name: Luma

Luma

Botanical name: Luma

Description

It is native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests of Chile and Argentina. They are shrubs or small trees with evergreen foliage and smooth red or orange bark, typically reaching 10 to 20 m tall and up to 91 cm in trunk diameter. The leaves are opposite, oval, entire, glossy dark green. The flowers have four white petals and numerous stamens; the fruit is a small purple or black berry.

Species of Luma

Chilean myrtle

Chilean myrtle (Luma apiculata) is an evergreen tree from the central Andes Mountains of South America. When in bloom, the thousands of tiny white flowers lure honeybees. It is an incredibly slow grower and will struggle to reach any great height - so much so that they are a protected species in their native land. The oldest living example is around 650 years old!

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Luma

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