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Boenninghausenia albiflora (Hook.) Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boenninghausenia

Characteristics

Plants to 1.2 m tall. Stems, branches, leaves, and inflorescences glabrous to pubescent. Larger leaves 4-16 cm; leaflet blades elliptic to obovate to broadly obovate to suborbicular, 0.5-2.5 × 0.4-1.5 cm. Inflorescences to 60 cm. Flowers globose to ovoid to ellipsoid to oblong in bud. Sepals 0.5-1.3 mm. Petals elliptic to obovate, or broadly so, 3.5-6 mm, apex acute to broadly rounded. Disk 0.3-0.5 mm. Gynophore in flowers at anthesis 0.3-1.5 mm, in fruit 0.6-5.5 mm. Fruit follicles 2.5-5 mm. Fl. and fr. May-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open forests, grassy slopes and shrubberies; at elevations from 500-3,300 metres. Generally found in moist places in Nepal; at elevations from 500-3,000 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses environmental use essential oil medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Insecticides (aerial part), Insecticides (flower), Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Flea infestations (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Antiperiodic (leaf), Anti-bacterial agents (root), Antifungal agents (root), Insecticides (root), Parasympatholytics (root), Wounds and injuries (root), Insect repellents (shoot), Insecticides (shoot), Insecticides (stem), Wound (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Hypoglycemic agents (unspecified), Insecticides (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Flea infestations (whole plant), Hypoglycemic agents (whole plant), Insecticides (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

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Distribution

Boenninghausenia albiflora world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771536-1
WFO ID wfo-0000567842
COL ID M9M3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Boenninghausenia albiflora Boenninghausenia schizocarpa Boenninghausenia sessilicarpa Ruta albiflora Boenninghausenia brevipes Podostaurus thalictroides Boenninghausenia japonica Ruta japonica Bodinieria thalictrifolia Boenninghausenia albiflora var. pilosa Boenninghausenia albiflora var. brevipes Boenninghausenia albiflora var. albiflora

Lower taxons

Boenninghausenia albiflora var. japonica
WorldFloraDB 2024