Ardisia alutacea C.Y.Wu & C.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Ardisia

Characteristics

Shrubs 0.4-1.5 m tall. Branchlets terete, 1-2 mm in diam., very sparsely bifurcate glandular puberulent, early glabrescent. Petiole canaliculate, 8-10 mm; leaf blade elliptic, lanceolate, or obovate, 8-12.5 × 3-4.5 cm, leathery, glabrous, base cuneate, margin shallowly crenate, with vascularized nodules, abaxially with reddish bifurcate glandular trichomes, pellucid punctate, apex acute; lateral veins 7-9 on each side of midrib, prominent, marginal vein evident. Inflorescences compound cymose, at tips of specialized lateral branches 5-11 cm, subglabrous. Flowers papery, purplish red, 7-9 mm. Pedicel 1.5-2 cm, somewhat dilated at apex, punctate. Sepals broadly ovate, 1.3-1.5 mm, densely black punctate, margin entire, glabrous, apex obtuse. Petals nearly free, subdeltate, 8-9 mm, glabrous, densely black punctate, margin entire, apex acuminate. Stamens shorter than petals; filaments obsolete; anthers lanceolate-ovate, punctate especially dorsally. Pistil as long as petals, glabrous; ovary punctate; ovules ca. 6, uniseriate. Fruit purplish red, globose, ca. 8 mm in diam., sparsely punctate; persistent sepals covering base of fruit. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Dec.
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 1.5
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Germination duration (days) 90 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
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Distribution

Ardisia alutacea world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:586709-1
WFO ID wfo-0000543848
COL ID GCQ4
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Synonyms

Ardisia alutacea