colca

Spanish
colca (Miconia crocea)
colca (Miconia papillosa)

Noun

colca f (plural colcas)

  1. (Ecuador, Peru) general term for members of Melastomataceae spp.
    1. Miconia spp.[1]
      1. shrub (M. crocea)[2][3][4]
      2. herb or shrub (M. asclepiadea)[2][5]
      3. shrub or tree (M. aspergillaris)[2][6]
      4. shrub or tree (M. dielsii)[3]
      5. M. longiracemosa;[3] endemic to Peru.
      6. shrub (M. papillosa);[4] endemic to Ecuador.
        Synonym: (Ecuador) tostado de pajarito
      7. shrub (M. radula)[6]
      8. shrub or tree (M. rivetii)[2]
    2. shrub or tree (Conostegia cuatrecasasii)[1]
    3. Leandra sp.[1]

References
  1. Biología, Sistemática y Conservación de los Mamíferos del Ecuador: Memorias‎, Museo de Zoología (QCAZ), Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 1998
  2. Acosta-Solís, M. (1960) Maderas económicas del Ecuador y sus usos‎, Editorial Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, pages 58, 79
  3. Lawrence S. Hamilton, James O. Juvik and F. N. Scatena (1993) Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Proceedings of an International Symposium at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 31 May-5 June 1993‎, East-West Center Program on Environment, page 189
  4. Cevallos, Marcia Peñafiel (2003) Flora y vegetacion de Cuicocha‎, page 37
  5. Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen, Jørgensen, Peter Møller (1994) Arboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador‎, Department of Systematic Botany, Aarhus University, page 252
  6. Acosta-Solís, M. (1968) Divisiones fitogeográficas y formaciones geobotánicas del Ecuador‎, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana
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