Escallonia paniculata (Ruiz & Pav.) Roem. & Schult.

Description: Escallonia paniculata, Escalloniaceae – Kolumbien/Colombia: Dpto. Magdalena, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Reserva Natural de las Aves El Dorado, westlich unter "Kogihabs", ca. 7 km SE Minca, ca. 1950 m. Date: 2 December 2017. Source: Own work. Author: Franz Xaver. Permission(Reusing this file): GFDL, cc-by-sa.

Description: Escallonia paniculata, Escalloniaceae – Kolumbien/Colombia: Dpto. Magdalena, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Reserva Natural de las Aves El Dorado, westlich unter "Kogihabs", ca. 7 km SE Minca, ca. 1950 m. Date: 2 December 2017. Source: Own work. Author: Franz Xaver. Permission(Reusing this file): GFDL, cc-by-sa.

Description: Found in the mountains from Costa Rica to Bolivia. Photo from Botanical Gardens of Bogota. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/dips_api/index.html. Date: 10 August 2013, 15:40. Source: Escallonia paniculata, known as Tibar. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.

Jos Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogota, Colombia

Jos Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogota, ColombiaThis shows the Escalloniaceae's characteristic mini teeth along the leaf edge. Not a real great photo but good enough to see the teeth.

Found in the mountains from Costa Rica to Bolivia. Photo from Botanical Gardens of Bogota.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/dips_api/index.html

Jos Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogota, Colombia