Flowers : staminate flowers, pedicels 8 to 20 mm long, hypanthium. 6.3 to 7.8 mm long, 2.8 to 3.1 mm wide at rim, 2.4 to 2.8 mm wide at base, sepals 2.8 to 4.6 mm long, 1.8 to 2.4 mm wide at base, petals 2.5 to 3.7 mm long, 1.8 to 2.4 mm wide , nectary 1.4 to 1.7 mm high. pistillate flowers, pedicels 8 to 12 mm long, hypanthium 3.8 to 6 mm long, 1.2 to 1.8 mm wide at rim, 1.1 to 1.3 mm wide at base, sepals 2.1 to 2.7 mm long, 0.7 to 1.4 mm wide at base, petals 1.4 to 1.8 mm long, 0.9 to 1.1 mm wide, nectary 0.9 to1.1 mm high, style 6 to 9.5 mm long, the stigma exserted 3.5 to 5 mm above the rim of the hypanthium, its lobes 0.7 to 1.2 mm long
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Seed : 6-8 per berry, 2.5-3.4mm long x 2-2.7mm wide
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Height : 0.8-2.5 m
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Year (of first description) : 1969
Botanist : Breedlove
Authors : (Lundell) Breedlove 1969
Original publication : Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 53: 53 1969
Habitat : locally abundant in forests of pine, oak and arbutus in scattered localities from central Chiapas, Mexico, through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and northern Nicaragua
Elevation : 1500-2400
Native country : Mexico, Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
Synonyms : Fuchsia tetradactyla, Lindley 1846, F. seleriana, Loesener 1913, F. striolata, Lundell 1940
Gametic chromosome number n = 11
FOLIAGE
Leaves : strigulose on both surface, petiole 10 to 35 mm long
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Leaf dimensions : 22-110mm long x 8-50mm wide
Leaf shape : elliptic to broadly ovate
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Leaf tip : acute to acuminate
Leaf base : obtuse to attenuate
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Branches : branchlets 25 to 55 cm long, 2.5 to 5 mm thick, older branches 5 to 35 mm thick
