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Ardisia japonica (Thunb.) Blume

Marlberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Ardisia

Characteristics

Subshrubs stoloniferous. Stems 20-30(-40) cm, minutely puberulent when young, glabrescent. Leaves opposite or subwhorled; petiole 6-10 mm, minutely puberulent; leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-obovate, or elliptic-lanceolate, 4-7 × 1.5-4 cm, papery to subleathery, base cuneate, margin serrulate, ± punctate, apex acute; lateral veins 5-8 on each side of midrib, veinlets prominently reticulate. Inflorescences axillary or subterminal, subumbellate, 3-5-flowered, puberulent; peduncle ca. 5 mm, slender; bracts lanceolate, ca. 1 mm, puberulent or ciliate. Flowers pink or white, 5(or 6)-merous, 4(-5) mm. Pedicel 7-10 mm, usually curved, puberulent. Sepals ovate, to 1.5 mm, sometimes punctate, glabrous, margin ciliate, apex obtuse or acute to acuminate. Petals broadly ovate, 4(-5) mm, densely punctate, apex acute. Stamens shorter than petals; anthers lanceolate-ovate or ovate, punctate dorsally, apex acute. Ovary glabrous; ovules ca. 15, in 3 series. Fruit red becoming blackish, globose, 5-6 mm in diam., ± punctate, glabrous, smooth. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Nov-Jan.
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Subshrubs, stoloniferous, 0.02-0.3(-0.4) m; branchlets minutely rufous-puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves pseudoverticillate, at times appearing subopposite; petiole 6-10 mm, minutely puberulent; blade elliptic to obovate or lanceolate, 4-7 × 1.5-4 cm, margins serrulate, flat, apex acute, surfaces minutely rufous-puberulent, glabrescent. Inflorescences axillary or subterminal, subumbels, pedunculate, 3-5-flowered; peduncle slender, ca. 5 mm. Pedicels usually curved, 0.7-1 cm, puberulent. Flowers: sepals 5(-6), ovate, to 1.5 mm, margins entire, (ciliate), apex obtuse or acute to acuminate, sometimes punctate, glabrous; petals 5(-6), pink or white, broadly ovate, 4(-5) mm, margins entire, hyaline, membranous, apex acute, densely punctate; stamens shorter than petals; anthers ovate to narrowly ovate, apex acute, punctate abaxially; ovary glabrous; ovules ca. 15, triseriate. Drupes red, becoming blackish, 5-6 mm diam., smooth, ± punctate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.45
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Woods in hills and low mountains all over Japan. Mixed forests or bamboo woods, hillsides and dark damp places; at elevations up to 1,200 metres.
Light 3-5
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Bronchitis (unspecified), Detoxicant (unspecified), Hemoptysis (unspecified), Hepatoma (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Respiratory (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Circulation (unspecified), Conjunctivitis (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Antidotes (unspecified), Improve blood circulation (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Uterine hemorrhage (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 90 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Ardisia japonica unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:587115-1
WFO ID wfo-0000544471
COL ID GD8S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tinus japonica Ardisia japonica Ardisia montana Bladhia japonica f. leucocarpa Bladhia japonica
WorldFloraDB 2024