Aidia cochinchinensis Lour.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Aidia

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 2-15 m tall; branches somewhat flattened to terete, glabrous. Petiole 5-10 mm, glabrous; leaf blade drying leathery or papery, elliptic to lanceolate, 9-15 × 3-5 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base acute to obtuse, apex acute to acuminate; secondary veins 5-7 pairs, in abaxial axils usually with pilosulous and/or foveolate domatia; stipules deciduous after distalmost 2 or 3 nodes, lanceolate to narrowly triangular, 3-5 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate. Inflorescences cymose, 2-6 cm, with axes usually regularly dichasial, glabrous to strigillose; peduncle ca. 0.5 cm; bracts lanceolate, 1-2 mm; pedicels 1-2 mm. Calyx glabrous; ovary portion obconic, ca. 2 mm; limb ca. 2 mm, shallowly toothed; lobes 5. Corolla white, glabrous outside; tube 3-4 mm; lobes 5, narrowly spatulate-oblong, 5-6 mm, obtuse. Berry 4-6 mm in diam. Fl. Apr.
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A slender tree. It grows 5-15 m high. It has dense foliage. The branches form in layers. The leaves are oval and 7-18 cm long by 2.5-6.5 cm wide. The leaves are shiny green above ad paler beneath. The fruit are smooth berries. They are 0.5-1 cm across. They occur in clusters of up to 20. They are bright red when ripe. There are several small seeds inside the fruit.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 15.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in coastal monsoon vine forest. It grows in tropical regions in Australia. It needs a well-drained soil. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Dysentery (unspecified), Hematochezia (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Fever (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or from semi-hardwood cuttings. Germination can take 6-12 months.
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Images

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Distribution

Aidia cochinchinensis world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Aidia cochinchinensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:742957-1
WFO ID wfo-0000931214
COL ID BC7C
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Synonyms

Randia cochinchinensis Fagraea cochinchinensis Aidia cochinchinensis f. angustifolia Aidia cochinchinensis Randia densiflora f. angustifolia Randia oxyodonta var. microdonta Aidia oxyodonta var. microdonta