Characteristics
A shrub. It grows 1-2.5 m high. The stems are straight. There are many branches. They are hairy and have ridges or lines along them when young. The leaves are 3-9 cm long by 1.5-2.5 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped. The male flowers are pale yellowish brown and 4-4.5 mm across and in groups at the ends of branches or in the axils of leaves. The female flowers occur singly at the ends of branches or in the axils of leaves. The fruit is 1.5 cm long by 1 cm wide. It is fleshy with one seed with a hard covering inside.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
shrub
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| Growth support |
parasite
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
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| Sexuality |
dioecy
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
1.0 - 2.5
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
It is a temperate plant. In Japan it grows in coastal sandy land. It grows in forests between 700-1800 m altitude in China.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The fruit contains starch. The fresh leaves and bark are poisonous.
| Uses |
medicinal
poison
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| Edible
|
-
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| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
| Mode |
-
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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