Plutarchia (species unidentified) (species unidentified)

Native to Colombia and Ecuador, this shrub genus belongs to the Ericaceae family and occurs in high-elevation montane forests and páramo. Its leathery leaves may be alternate, opposite, or nearly opposite. Flowers arise singly or in small clusters from the leaf axils. Their tubular or urn-shaped corollas have small lobes, and the fruits are berries containing numerous small seeds. Photographed in Colombia.