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'''''Luma chequen''''' is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the genus ''[[Luma (plant)|Luma]]'' in the family [[Myrtaceae]], native to the central [[Andes]] mountains between [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]]. [[Synonymy|Synonyms]] include ''Eugenia chequen'' Molina, ''Myrtus chequen'' (Molina) Spreng., and ''Luma gayana'' (Barn.) Burret. Common names include '''Chequén''', '''Huillipeta''', and '''Arrayán Blanco'''.
It is a [[shrub]] (rarely a small [[tree]]) growing to 9 m tall, with dull grey-brown [[bark]] (unlike the smooth red bark of the related ''[[Luma apiculata]]''). It is [[evergreen]], with small fragrant oval [[leaf|leaves]] 0.5-2.5 cm long and 0.3-1.5 cm broad, and white [[flower]]s in early to mid summer. Its [[fruit]] is an edible dark purple [[berry]] 1 cm in diameter, ripe in early autumn.
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