Berrya cordifolia (Willd.) Burret

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Berrya

Characteristics

Evergreen tree to 30 m high; stem almost glabrous, with a few stellate hairs. Leaves alternate; lamina ovate, 6–25 cm long, deeply cordate at base, entire margin, often long-acuminate at apex, stellate-hairy when young, glabrescent; petiole 2–10 cm long. Buds spherical. Inflorescence congested, paniculate, terminal and axillary, stellate-hairy; flowers c. 8 mm across. Calyx c. 4 mm long, irregularly splitting, often 3-lobed. Petals usually 4 or 5, narrowly oblong, c. 7 mm long, emarginate, white or pale pink. Androgynophore absent. Ovary 3-, rarely 4-locular, 6-or 8-lobed; ovules 4 in each locule. Stigma peltate, 3-lobed. Capsule with 3 or rarely 4 pairs of 2–3 cm long wings. Seeds with many caducous bristles.
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Trees 4-6(-35) m tall, 10-20 cm d.b.h. Stipules filiform, 1-2 cm, glabrous; petiole 3.5-10 cm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-oblong, 10-20(-25) × 6-8(-14) cm, thinly leathery, very sparsely stellate pubescent, soon glabrous, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs, base cordate, apex acuminate. Panicles to ca. 20 cm, hairy. Pedicel ca. 10 mm. Calyx 3-5-lobed, 3-5 mm, lobes triangular-ovate, hairy. Petals white or pink, filiform, 6-8 mm, becoming reflexed. Stamens 5-6 mm. Ovary hairy; style short. Capsule with persistent calyx, globose, 1-1.3 cm wide, pubescent, with 6(or 8) horizontally spreading thin wings, wings 2.5-3 × 0.7-1 cm. Seeds ca. 6 × 3 mm, with brown or yellow, caducous bristles.
Tree to 20 m tall.. Leaves ovate, 10–24 cm long, 8–10 cm wide, shortly acuminate at the apex, cordate, entire to sinuate-dentate, glabrous or almost so.. Flowers white in ample terminal panicles; corolla longer than calyx.. Capsule 6-winged.. Rather similar to the native Carpodiptera .
A tree. It can grow 20 m tall or higher. The trunk is 10-20 cm across. The leaves are oval and 10-20 cm long by 8-10 cm wide. The flowers are white and in groups at the ends of branches. The fruit is a 6 winged capsule.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forests in the drier regions of Sri Lanka. Moist upper mixed deciduous forests and the edges of evergreen forests at elevations from 100-400 metres in Thailand.
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It is a tropical plant. In Thailand it grows between 100-400 m above sea level.
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Soil humidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The wood of this tree is of very good quality, resembling teak.
Uses environmental use fiber food material medicinal oil tea timber wood
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°) 26 - 32
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Images

Berrya cordifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Berrya cordifolia world distribution map, present in Australia, Benin, Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Fiji, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Martinique, Malaysia, Philippines, Seychelles, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:833319-1
WFO ID wfo-0000564422
COL ID 68K77
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 705937
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Synonyms

Triopterys poliandra Berrya ammonilla Berrya cordifolia Espera cordifolia