Ardisia lurida Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Ardisia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows about 7 m high. The leaves are alternate and oblong to sword shaped. They are 13-30 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. They are pointed at both ends. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. They are star shaped and light pink. The fruit is round and fleshy The fruit are black. They are 1 cm across. There is one seed.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Environment

Forest and brushwood, at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
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A tropical plant. It can grow up to 1,000 m altitude.
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Usage

Uses food
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 90 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
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Distribution

Ardisia lurida world distribution map, present in Indonesia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:587202-1
WFO ID wfo-0000544600
COL ID GDCB
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Synonyms

Ardisia lurida Ardisia palembanica Tinus lurida Tinus palembanica Ardisia crassifolia Ardisia tiomanensis Ardisia solanacea var. elata