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|accepted_name=Ardisia escallonioides
|accepted_authority=Schlechtendal & Chamisso
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Linnaea
|place=6: 393. 1831 ,
}}
|common_names=Island marlberry
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Icacorea paniculata
|authority=(Nuttall) Sudworth
}}
|hierarchy=Myrsinaceae;Ardisia;Ardisia escallonioides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrsinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ardisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ardisia escallonioides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 319
|treatment_page=page 320
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>or trees, not stoloniferous, 11–15.2 m; branchlets sparsely to densely rufous-papillate, sometimes also with multicellular hairs. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 5–12 mm, glabrous; blade elliptic to oblanceolate, 3.2–17.5 × 1.3–6.2 cm, margins entire, flat, (without vascularized nodules), apex acute, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, panicles of racemes, 6–18-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> erect, 0.4–0.6 cm, sparsely to densely rufous-papillate. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5–6, ovate, 1.8–2 mm, margins entire, (glandular-ciliolate), apex acute, minutely papillate; petals 5–6, white to pink, lanceolate, 6.7–6.9 mm, margins entire, (hyaline, membranous), apex acute, punctate, with dense, yellow papillae adaxially at base, glabrous; stamens shorter than petals; anthers ovate to lanceolate, apex apiculate, punctate abaxially; ovary pellucid-punctate, glabrous; ovules 39–44, multiseriate. <b>Drupes</b> red, becoming black, 4–7 mm diam., punctate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Nov–May.
|habitat=Hammocks
|elevation=0-30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies (Barbados;Bermuda;Cuba;Dominican Republic);Central America (Belize;Guatemala).
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name=Ardisia escallonioides
|author=
|authority=Schlechtendal & Chamisso
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Icacorea paniculata
|basionyms=
|family=Myrsinaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Nov–May.
|habitat=Hammocks
|elevation=0-30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies (Barbados;Bermuda;Cuba;Dominican Republic);Central America (Belize;Guatemala).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Linnaea
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Ardisia
|species=Ardisia escallonioides
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