Ovidia pillopillo (C. Gay) Meissn.

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Genus

Ovidia

Synonyms

Daphne pillopillo C. Gay

Other taxa in genus

Ovidia andina

Glossary

glaucous: Grey-blue often from superficial layer of wax (bloom).
oblanceolate: Inversely lanceolate; broadest towards apex.

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Ovidia pillopillo CGM 336 at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, seen in late November 2020. In early 2022 this plant was moved to a more open position to make way for glasshouse restoration works. Image Tom Christian.

This species was also introduced by Comber from Chile in 1927. It is closely related to O. andina, but is described as 10 to 30 ft high. It can be distinguished from that species by the glabrousness of its leaves, which are stalkless, oblanceolate, 1 to 3 in. long, {1/4} to {1/2} in. wide, dull, pale, rather glaucous green. Judging by wild specimens the young shoots are mostly very downy. Flowers white, very downy outside, {1/2} in. wide; fruit reddish and purple when ripe. “Pillo-pillo” is the Indian name for this shrub.

Ovidia pillopillo foliage on the plant of CGM 336 at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, late November 2020. Image Tom Christian.

Ovidia pillopillo CGM 336 in flower at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 6 February 2022. Image Tom Christian.