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Baeckea frutescens L.

Baeckea (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Baeckea

Characteristics

Shrubs, sometimes small trees. Petiole 0.5-0.6 mm; leaf blade linear, 5-10 × ca. 1 mm, abaxially with raised oil glands, adaxially grooved, midvein 1, secondary veins absent, apex sharp. Flowers axillary, solitary, small; bracts caducous. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm. Hypanthium campanulate, ca. 1.5 mm. Sepals 5, triangular, small, apex acute. Petals white, distinct, rounded, ca. 1.5 mm, base clawed. Stamens 7-13 or less, 1-3-grouped opposite each sepal. Ovary inferior, 2-or 3-loculed. Style short, persistent. Capsule ca. 2 mm. Seeds flattened, angular. Fl. summer.
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A slender shrub. It grows 1-4 m tall and spreads 1-2.5 m wide. The branches are thin. The tips hang down. The leaves are 1-2 cm long by 0.1-0.3 cm wide. They are pressed against the stem when young but become spreading. The flowers are 0.3-0.5 cm across. They are white and occur singly in the axils of the upper leaves. There are 8 stamens with 2 shorter than the others.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in open heathland. It grows in colonies along the edges of casual streams. It can also be on mountain tops. It needs a sunny position and a well drained soil.
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Poor sandy and ultrabasic soils, in shrubland, often at high altitudes. It is also present in seasonally wet savannah and swamp forest. Thickets, slopes, low hills and open grasslands in southern China.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 4-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

A tea is made from the leaves and flowers.
Uses environmental use essential oil food fuel material medicinal tea timber wood
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Lassitude (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Baeckea frutescens unspecified picture

Distribution

Baeckea frutescens world distribution map, present in Australia, China, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Baeckea frutescens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:591083-1
WFO ID wfo-0000310830
COL ID 5WBM6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Baeckea chinensis Baeckea cochinchinensis Baeckea cumingiana Baeckea ericoides Baeckea frutescens Baeckea sinensis Baeckea stenophylla Neuhofia rosmarinifolia Baeckea sumatrana Drosodendron rosmarinus Baeckea frutescens var. brachyphylla Cedrela rosmarinus
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