Aspidistra elatior Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Aspidistra

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.6m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.45 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

An understory plant, found growing in forests beneath Ardisia crenata and Castanopsis sieboldii.
Light 2-6
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Abdomen (unspecified), Amenorrhea (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Stone (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Aspidistra elatior leaf picture by bridget marquez (cc-by-sa)
Aspidistra elatior leaf picture by Curlz (cc-by-sa)
Aspidistra elatior leaf picture by Shehadi Ramiz (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Aspidistra elatior world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Spain, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531586-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637192
COL ID HFBH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 448110
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Aspidistra punctata var. albomaculata Aspidistra elatior var. elatior Aspidistra elatior

Lower taxons

Aspidistra elatior var. attenuata Aspidistra elatior subsp. cephalostigma Aspidistra elatior subsp. elatior