Rainforest flora, Northern Chilean Patagonia.

 Arrayan: Luma apiculata
Arrayan: Luma apiculata, known as Arrayan or Palo Colorado, has simple opposite leaves, with an entire margin and elliptical shape; they sometimes have a point like a thorn in the apex, flat and with the central nerve like a notorious furrow. They are very fragrant.

The white flowers, with four petals and many stamens, cover the trees and the end of spring and in summer.

The fruit which can be seen at the end of summer and in autumn, are round or oval berries, black, bright, and with rests of four sepal calyxes on the extreme.



They are trees which can reach a height of 15 or more meters in the wet forests, but which are generally seen cultivated like shrubs or small trees. It is typical to see the red bark with shedding which leave white stains.

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