Berberis weisiensis C.Y.Wu ex S.Y.Bao

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Berberis

Characteristics

Shrubs, evergreen, ca. 1 m tall. Branches dark gray, sparsely black verruculose; shoots purplish red, angulate, pruinose; spines 3-fid, weak, concolorous, 1-1.2 cm, adaxially sulcate. Leaves subsessile; leaf blade adaxially green, elliptic or oblong-obovate, 1.5-2 cm × 6-7 mm, leathery, abaxially pruinose, midvein obviously raised, adaxially midvein slightly raised, lateral veins 2 or 3 pairs, both surfaces with conspicuous reticulate veins, base cuneate, margin slightly thickened, entire, apex rounded, mucronate. Flowers unknown. Infructescence an umbellate raceme with 6 or 7 berries, 2.5-3.5 cm, pedunculate; bracts leaflike, ca. 5 mm; fruit stalk purplish red, 5-12 mm, glabrous; berry subglobose, ca. 7 × 5 mm, not pruinose, style persistent; seeds 3. Fl. unknown, fr. Oct.
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A shrub. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. It grows 1 m tall. The young shoots are purplish red. It has spines. The leaves are 2 cm long by 6-7 mm wide. The fruit are 7 mm long by 5 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows beside rivers at about 2,000 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China.
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Usage

The young stems, leaves and fruit are eaten fresh.
Uses food
Edible fruits leaves stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 60 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
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Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Berberis weisiensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905748-1
WFO ID wfo-0000564075
COL ID LKBW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Berberis weisiensis