Callerya reticulata (Benth.) Schot

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Callerya

Characteristics

Lianas, 2-10 m. Stems thick, many branched, thinly ridged, brown pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves (5 or)7-or 9-foliolate; rachis 10-20 cm, including petiole 2-5 cm; leaflet blades ovate-elliptic, oblong, linear, or narrowly lanceolate, (3-)5-6(-8) × (0.5-)1.5-4 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous or rarely sparsely puberulent, base rounded, tapering, or cune­ate, apex obtuse, acuminate, or retuse. Panicles terminal or axil­lary near apex of branchlets, 10-20 cm, often pendulous, brown pubescent; flowering branchlets densely congested. Pedicel 3-5 mm. Flowers 1.3-1.7 mm. Calyx 3-4 × ca. 5 mm, glabrescent; teeth short, margin yellow ciliate. Corolla purple; standard ovate-oblong, glabrous, without basal calluses, base shortly clawed. Ovary glabrous, with numerous ovules. Legume black­ened when dry, linear, ca. 15 × 1-1.5 cm, flat, thinly leathery; suture not thickened. Seeds 3-6 per legume, black, oblong, ca. 11 × 7 mm. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Jun-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 5.0
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 -

Environment

Damp shady places. Thickets on slopes and in valleys, thickets by streams, at elevations from 100-1,200 metres.
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Damp shady places. Thickets on slopes and in valleys, thickets by streams, at elevations from 100-1,200 metres.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anemia (unspecified), Circulation (unspecified), Energy (unspecified), Paralysis (unspecified), Shortwindedness (unspecified), Vaginitis (unspecified), Leucorrhea (unspecified), Numbness (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

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Distribution

Callerya reticulata world distribution map, present in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:979788-1
WFO ID wfo-0000193073
COL ID PLHN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Millettia championii Millettia purpurea Callerya reticulata Millettia cognata Millettia reticulata Phaseoloides championii Callerya championii Phaseoloides cognata Phaseoloides reticulata Callerya reticulata var. stenophylla Millettia reticulata var. stenophylla Callerya reticulata var. championii