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            Escallonia bifida Link & Otto

Synonym	:	Escallonia pugae Phil.
Family	:	Escalloniaceae
Local name	:	English- cloven gum box
Flowering and fruiting period	:	All year
Distribution	:	Native to Brazil
Habitat	:	Found along watercourses in areas of low sparse vegetation, also common in the understorey of Araucaria forests
Uses		The tree is sometimes used as a local source of fuel. A small, ornamental tree, it can be used for landscaping, especially in urban areas
Key botanical characters:  is a bushy, upright evergreen shrub to 3m, with shiny dark green leaves and rounded terminal panicles of pure white flowers with spreading petals, borne in late summer and autumn