Anthopterus wardii, also known as aengue mishito, is a species of neotropical blueberry in the family Ericaceae native to the tropical regions of Central and South America, such as Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.
Anthopterus wardii is a small, epiphytic or occasionally terrestrial, scandent, sparsely branched shrub with up to 10 m long branches. The elliptic to ovate-elliptic leaves are 4âÂÂ10 cm long, and 1.5âÂÂ3.5 cm wide.
The androecium consists of 10 stamens. The fruit is a bright purple, smooth, subglobose berry.
It was published by John Ball in 1884.
It is native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama where it occurs in tropical lowland and montane forests.
The IUCN conservation status is least concern (LC).