Luma chequen
Chilean Myrtle
Luma apiculata
(DC.) Burret Species
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- Botanical name
- Luma apiculata
- Also known as
- Chilean Myrtle
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Luma
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Chilean Myrtle
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Luma apiculata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Eugenia affinis
Eugenia apiculata
Eugenia apiculata var. arnyan
Eugenia barneoudii
Eugenia cuspidata
Eugenia ebracteata
Eugenia gilliesii
Eugenia hookeri
Eugenia luma
Eugenia modesta
Eugenia moraviana var. moraviana
Eugenia mucronata
Eugenia palenae
Eugenia palustris
Eugenia proba
Eugenia spectabilis
Luma gilliesii
Luma hookeri
Luma spectabilis
Myrceugenella apiculata
Myrceugenella apiculata var. australis
Myrceugenella apiculata var. genuina
Myrceugenella apiculata var. nahulhuapensis
Myrceugenella apiculata var. spectabilis
Myrceugenella grandjotii
Myrceugenia apiculata
Myrceugenia apiculata var. australis
Myrtus chekenilla
Myrtus chequenilla
Others in Luma
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