Aporosa villosa (Lindl.) Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Phyllanthaceae > Aporosa

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It grows up to 15 m tall. The young branches are hairy. The leaf stalk us 10-25 mm long. The leaf blade is narrowly oval and 9-30 cm long by 6-12 cm wide. The male and female flowers are separate. The fruit is oval and 10 mm long by 7-9 mm wide.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Root diameter (meter) 0.4
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows below 1500 m altitude in Yunnan in China. It grows in secondary forest. It can be in dry or partly swampy ground. It grows between 300-1,500 m altitude.
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Montane dense forests, valley scrub; at elevations from 100-1,500 metres in southern China. A common understorey tree in pine and deciduous woodland.
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Aporosa villosa world distribution map, present in Andorra, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:339282-1
WFO ID wfo-0000249809
COL ID FV2J
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Synonyms

Scepa villosa Aporosa sphaerosperma Aporosa villosa Aporosa sphaerosperma var. cordata Lepidostachys villosa