Ardisia primulifolia Gardner & Champ.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Ardisia

Characteristics

Subshrubs, rusty pilose throughout, with woody rhizomes. Leaves 4 or 5, alternate or forming a rosette; petiole 5-10 mm, densely pilose; leaf blade elliptic or oblong-obovate, 6-12(-17) × 3-5(-10) cm, papery, long ciliate, minutely punctate, base rounded, margin sparsely and obscurely crenate, apex broadly acute or obtuse; lateral veins ca. 6 on each side of midrib, conspicuous, ending in marginal glands. Inflorescences 1 or 2 in center of rosette, subumbellate or cymose, densely pilose; peduncle 3-5.5(-19) cm. Flowers reddish, 4-6 mm. Pedicel 6-8 cm, densely rusty pilose. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, subequalling petals, punctate, sparsely covered with long crisp hairs outside, glabrous within, margin ciliate, apex acute. Petals broadly ovate, sparsely punctate, glabrous. Stamens shorter than petals; anthers lanceolate, acute, sparsely punctate dorsally. Ovary sparsely puberulent; ovules 3 or 4, uniseriate. Fruit red, 4-6 mm in diam., somewhat fleshy, punctate, pubescent or glabrescent. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Nov-May.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

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Uses medicinal
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Germination duration (days) 90 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
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Distribution

Ardisia primulifolia world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:587450-1
WFO ID wfo-0000544960
COL ID GDMZ
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Synonyms

Ardisia primulifolia Tinus primulifolia Bladhia primulifolia