Characteristics
A shrub up to 1.5 m tall. It has a single stem. The leaves have leaf stalks. The leaves are 4.5-15.5 cm long by 1.8-3.5 cm wide. They are narrowly sword shaped. They are wrinkled with dots along the edge. The flowers are pink. The fruit is a berry. It is round and bright red.
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Growth form |
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Growth support |
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Foliage retention |
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Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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Pollination |
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Spread |
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Mature height (meter) |
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Root system |
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Flower color |
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Fruit color |
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Fruiting months |
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Nitrogen fixer |
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Photosynthetic pathway |
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Environment
A subtropical plant. It grows in Nepal at 1300-2,200 m altitude. It grows in moist shady places. In Brisbane Botanical Gardens.
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Soil humidity |
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Soil texture |
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Soil acidity |
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Usage
The ripe fruit are edible.
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
Mode |
seedlings
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Germination duration (days) |
90 - 180
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Germination temperacture (C°) |
23
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Germination luminosity |
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Germination treatment |
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Optimum temperature (C°) |
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