Macrocarpaea ovalis

Description

Macrocarpaea ovalis is a gentian vegetable species first described by Hipólito Ruiz López and Pav., And now became known as Joseph Andorfer Ewan. Macrocarpaea ovalis was included in the Macrocarpaea genus and the Gentianaceae family. The genus Macrocarpaea, with 105 species and two hybrids of 0.5 m herbs, shrubs, epiphytes and small trees to 10 m tall, is the largest genus of the tribe Helieae of the gentian family (Gentianaceae). Species of Macrocarpaea have diurnal and nocturnal pollinators, visited during the day by hummingbirds, insects and butterflies, and at night by bats, moths and many different kinds of insects. The common name for the genus is 'Moon-gentian'. No species are known in cultivation.