WorldFloraDB - Actaea pachypoda

Characteristics

Leaf blade: leaflets abaxially ± glabrous. Inflorescences at anthesis often longer than wide, short-cylindric. Flowers: petals truncate or cleft, often antherlike at apex; stigma sessile, 1.5-2.8 mm diam. during anthesis, as broad as or broader than ovary. Berries white, very rarely red, widely ellipsoid to nearly globose, 6.5-9 mm; pedicel bright red, stout, (0.7-)0.9-2.2(-3) mm diam., ± as thick as axis of raceme. Seeds 3.4-4.5 mm. 2 n = 16.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	0.28 - 0.48
Mature height (meter)	0.78 - 0.8
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color
Blooming months	-
Fruit color
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Deciduous forests, less often with pines, junipers, or other conifers at elevations up to 500 metres. Deep woods, north-facing wooded slopes, bluff bases and ravines.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal poison
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Cold Remedy (root), Cough Medicine (root), Dermatological Aid (root), Throat Aid (root), Anticonvulsive (root), Pediatric Aid (root), Urinary Aid (root), Analgesic (root), Gynecological Aid (root), Stimulant (root), Stimulant (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Urinary Aid (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 18
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-