Escalloniaceae
Escallonia

Escallonia pendula (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 1: 235 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to NW. Venezuela. It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses and for fuel and firewood.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1450–2660 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander.
Habit
Shrub, Small tree.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Distribution
Native and cultivated in Colombia.
Ecology
Alt. 1450 - 2660 m.
Morphology General Habit
Shrub.
[UPB]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1450 - 2660 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto, arbolito
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
loqueto, mangle
[UNAL]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Materials
Used as material.
[UPFC]

Use Environmental
Environmental uses (Carvajal et al. 2014).
Use Environmental Ornamentals
Live plant (in situ) - Grown in gardens and parks (Carvajal et al. 2014).
Use Environmental Other Environmental Uses
Live plant (in situ) - Protection of water resources (Carvajal et al. 2014).
Use Environmental Revegetation
Live plant (in situ) - Used for ecological restoration of eroded and degraded soils (Carvajal et al. 2014).
Use Fuel Fuelwood
Used for fuelwood (Carvajal et al. 2014).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Wood
Used for props (Carvajal et al. 2014).
[UPB]

Common Names

Spanish
Mangle de tierra fría, loqueto, mangle.

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/