Vallea stipularis L.f.

[UNAL]

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: campanito, campano, chaque, chaquén, chirriador, gaque, majua, manzano, palo roso, raco, raque, rojo, rosadito, roso, sanjuanito

[CPLC]

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 en Colombia; Alt. 1990 - 4300 m.; Andes, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Morphology General Habit: Arbusto, arbolito, árbol
Conservation: No Evaluada

[UPFC]

Distribution: Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1990–4300 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Santander, Tolima.
Habit: Shrub, Small tree, Tree.
Conservation: IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology: Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), inland rocky areas, desert, artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular: Campanito, Campano, Chaque, Chaquén, Chirriador, Gache, Gaco, Majua, Manzano, Paloroso, Raco, Raque, Rojo, Rosadito, Roso, Sanjuanito

[KSP]

Kew Species Profiles

General Description

Vallea stipularis is a beautiful, evergreen, South American shrub with masses of pinkish-red or crimson, bell-shaped flowers.

For a long time, Vallea stipularis was thought to be the only species in the genus Vallea, which is named in honour of the Italian botanist Felice Valle (d. 1747), who wrote an early account of the flora of Corsica. Then, in 1988, a second species was discovered in Ecuador and described as V. ecuadorensis. Vallea stipularis is a shrub or a tree with hairless ovaries and styles, whereas V. ecuadorensis is a climbing shrub or tree with densely velvety ovaries and styles.

Vallea stipularis has been cultivated in Europe since 1928, but is rather frost-tender, so has never become common. It is usually grown against a wall or in a cool, shady greenhouse.

Species Profile

Geography and distribution

Native to South America, where it occurs in the Andes Mountains in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, at 1,600-4,000 m above sea level.

Description

A many-branched, evergreen shrub or tree up to 18 m tall. The leaves are heart-shaped or pear-shaped, sometimes lobed, up to 10 cm long, dark green, and paler beneath, with tufts of hairs in the vein axils. The small, bell-shaped flowers are pinkish-red or crimson and borne on branching stalks. They have five sepals and five, three-lobed, petals, around 13 mm long. The ovary and styles are hairless. There are 15-60 stamens.

Distribution

Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Ecology

Forest and scrub, along forest margins, and in páramo (grassland) vegetation above the cloud forest.

Conservation

Not known to be threatened.

Hazards

None known.

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Conservation: Not Evaluated.
Distribution: Native from Colombia.
Morphology General Habit: Shrub or tree.
Ecology: Alt. 1990 - 4300 m.

[UPFC]

Use Animal Food: Used as animal food.
Use Environmental: Environmental uses.
Use Fuel: Used for fuels.
Use Food: Used for food.
Use Materials: Used as material.
Use Medicines: Medical uses.
Use Poisons: Poisons.

[KSP]

Use: Ornamental.

[UPB]

Use Animal Food: Nectar eaten by birds and insects (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
Use Environmental Boundary Barrier Support Plants: Live plant (in situ) - Used for barriers (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
Use Environmental Erosion Control: 'Roots' - Used for soil conservation (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
Use Environmental Ornamentals: Live plant (in situ) - Grown in gardens and parks (Galvis & Morales 2010).
Use Fuel Charcoal: Used for charcoal (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
Use Fuel Fuelwood: Used for fuelwood (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
Use Materials: Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals: Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Wood: Used to make utensils (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010). Used for carpentry (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

English: Capuli
Spanish: Campano, chaque, chirriador rojo, rosalino, sanjuanito, raque, saltón, Sanjuanita.