species

Hello dear bloggers:

On this beautiful day I will tell you about my favorite species.

My favorite species is called chequen. It is a species of the families of mirtaceas whose scientific name is Luma check. This plant species is endemic to the central Andean forests between Chile and Argentina. In Chile it is distributed from the IVª to the Xª region, that is to say from the 30 to the 41º of South Latitude.

It is a branched shrub of medium size, reaches 9 m, with grayish brown bark. The flowers are white. The whole plant gives off a pleasant aroma.

It has fruit drupe edible, purple dark, ripe in early autumn.

This species can be associated with species of the sclerophyllous forest in the northern regions of its distribution, such as peumo, quillay, liter, boldo. In the southern portion of its distribution, it can be associated with coihue, pitra, temu and canelo.

It is also important that you know that this species requires a lot of water, usually grows in water or is found with its roots within a permanent watercourse or areas with constant rainfall.

I hope you have used my information and you may know it.

Take care of yourself, see you!