Berberis amurensis Rupr.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Berberis

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, 2-3.5 m tall. Branches pale yellow or gray, slightly sulcate, not verruculose; internodes 2.5-7 cm; spines 3-fid, rarely simple, 1-2 cm. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, obovate-elliptic, elliptic, or ovate, 5-10 × 2.5-5 cm, papery, abaxially with slightly raised midvein and lateral veins, reticulate veins slightly conspicuous, adaxially with impressed midvein and lateral veins, reticulate veins inconspicuous, base cuneate, margin 40-60-spinulose-serrulate on each side, apex acute or rounded. Inflorescence a raceme, 10-25-flowered, 4-10 cm including peduncle 1-3 cm. Pedicels 5-10 mm. Sepals in 2 whorls; outer sepals obovate, ca. 3 × 2 mm; inner sepals obovate, 5.5-6 × 3-3.4 mm. Petals elliptic, 4.5-5 × 2.5-3 mm, base slightly clawed, with separate glands, apex emarginate. Stamens ca. 2.5 mm; anther connective not prolonged, truncate. Ovules 2. Berry red, oblong, ca. 10 × 6 mm, not or slightly blue pruinose at base, style not persistent. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 28, 42.
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A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 2-3.5 tall. It has spines. The leaves are 5-10 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. They are pale green underneath. There are 10-25 flowers in a group. These are 4-10 cm long. The fruit is a red berry 10 mm long by 6 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on the edges of forests and along streams between 1,100-2,900 m above sea level in north China.
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Thickets, sparse forests, valleys, forest margins, streamsides, sides of rocks; at elevations from 1,100-2,900 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses dye medicinal ornamental wood
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Conjunctivitis (unspecified), Furunculosis (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 60 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Berberis amurensis unspecified picture

Distribution

Berberis amurensis world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Mongolia, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106405-1
WFO ID wfo-0000562758
COL ID LJFK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Berberis amurensis Berberis bretschneideri Berberis quelpaertensis Berberis regeliana Berberis amurensis f. bretschneideri Berberis amurensis f. brevifolia Berberis amurensis f. latifolia Berberis japonica Berberis amurensis var. brevifolia Berberis amurensis var. japonica Berberis amurensis var. latifolia Berberis amurensis var. licentii Berberis vulgaris var. japonica Berberis vulgaris var. amurensis Berberis amurensis var. quelpaertensis