| Collector | Cotton, E. |
| Number | 1689 |
| Collected with | Mats Gustafsson & Gonzalo Rivas |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | CARCHI |
| County | |
| Locality | Road Maldonado-El Chical, 1.5 Km from Maldonado. Pastures and very disturbed montane forest. |
| Coordinates | 0° 56' N 78° 6' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1800 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1800 |
| Start date | 2001/09/09 |
| End date | 2001/09/09 |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Identification | Clidemia ciliata D.Don |
| Determined by | Cotton, E. (AAU), 2002. |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Herb, ca 50 cm tall. Corolla cream-coloured; stamens pink; style cream-coloured. Berries purple-black when mature. On roadside. |