Alangium platanifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) Harms

Species

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Characteristics

A shrub which loses its leaves. It grows to 3-4.5 m high and spreads to 2 m across. It has a crooked, low branching habit. It has leaves like the plane tree. They have 3-5 shallow lobes. The leaves are about 10 cm wide. The stalks are red. The flowers are white and hang down. The petals curl back as the flowers open. The fruit are purple to black.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows naturally in woodlands between 1200-2100 metres in Western China. It grows in any moderately fertile well drained soil. It requires full sunlight and a sheltered position. It does best in an acid soil. It suits hardiness zones 8-10. Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens.
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Woodland thickets, 1,200-2,100 metres in W. China. Woods in mountains, loose and fertilized soils at elevations below 2,000 metres.
Woodland thickets, 1,200-2,100 metres in W. China. Woods in mountains, loose and fertilized soils at elevations below 2,000 metres.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The young leaves are eaten cooked.
Uses environmental use material medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Insecticide (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -10
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Alangium platanifolium leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Alangium platanifolium leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Alangium platanifolium flower picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Alangium platanifolium world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Alangium platanifolium threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271428-1
WFO ID wfo-0000937470
COL ID 668BK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Marlea platanifolia f. velutina Alangium platanifolium f. macrophyllum Marlea macrophylla Marlea platanifolia Alangium platanifolium Alangium macrophyllum Alangium platanifolium f. cordatum Marlea macrophylla var. triloba Marlea platanifolia var. macrophylla Marlea platanifolia var. triloba Alangium platanifolium var. ogurae Alangium platanifolium var. macrophyllum Alangium platanifolium var. trilobum Alangium platanifolium f. velutinum Karangolum platanifolium Marlea macrophylla var. velutina