Ardisia macrocarpa Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Ardisia

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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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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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

The ripe fruit are edible.
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Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Central nervous system diseases (whole plant)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
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Germination duration (days) 90 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
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Distribution

Ardisia macrocarpa world distribution map, present in Bhutan, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:587208-1
WFO ID wfo-0000544607
COL ID GDCH
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Synonyms

Ardisia macrocarpa