Aspidistra lurida Ker Gawl.

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome terete, 4--10 mm thick. Leaves solitary; petiole 10--15 cm, stiff; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, 15--22.5 × 3--5 cm. Scape arching, ca. 3 cm; bracts ca. 5, dark reddish. Flower solitary, nodding. Perianth dark purple, cupular-campanulate, 6-lobed apically; tube basally pale yellow-brown speckled with purple; lobes ovate-deltoid, shorter than tube, adaxially papillose. Stamens 6(--8), inserted proximally in perianth tube, positioned nearly level with stigma, subsessile. Pistil equaling perianth tube; ovary purple speckled; stigma peltate, orbicular, large, strongly convex adaxially, inconspicuously 4-lobed at margin, lobes entire at apex. 2 n = 36*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 1-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions.
Mode divisions
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Aspidistra lurida unspecified picture

Distribution

Aspidistra lurida world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531592-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637308
COL ID HFCY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aspidistra kouy-tchensis Aspidistra lurida Macrogyne convallariifolia Aspidistra kouytchensis var. aucubimaculata