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Callicarpa longifolia Lam.

Species

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Characteristics

A spreading shrub. It grows 3.5 m tall. The leaves and twigs are hairy. Leaves are 13 cm long by 5 cm wide. They have teeth along the edge except near the base. The flowers are on short stalks and are cup shaped. The fruit are white. They are 3-5 mm across.
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Pending. See Munir (1982: 11–17), Barker & Telford (1993: 362–363); Cooper & Cooper (2004: 234), Zich et al. (2020).
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 3.25
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Brushwood, thickets, village groves and secondary forest from sea-level up to 1,700 metres. Secondary regrowth and open sites in mixed dipterocarp forests, often along rivers and streams and hillsides with poor sandy soils.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows on the edge of the rainforest in the lowlands. It can grow from sea level to 1,200 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food fuel invertebrate food material medicinal poison social use
Edible barks fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Celiac disease (bark), Celiac disease (leaf), Colic (leaf), Fever (leaf), Fishes, poisonous (leaf), Postnatal care (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Celiac disease (root), Diarrhea (root), Stomach diseases (root), Syphilis (root), Colic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Gastromegaly (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Poultice (unspecified), Sprue (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
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Distribution

Callicarpa longifolia world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Callicarpa longifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:861382-1
WFO ID wfo-0000769717
COL ID 5WVSR
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Synonyms

Callicarpa longifolia f. floccosa Callicarpa nigrescens Callicarpa oblongifolia Callicarpa rhynchophylla Callicarpa albida Callicarpa attenuata Callicarpa attenuifolia Callicarpa blumei Callicarpa horsfieldii Callicarpa lanceolaria Callicarpa longifolia Callicarpa roxburghiana Callicarpa lanceolaria Callicarpa qianyiyongii Callicarpa japonica var. rhombifolia Callicarpa longifolia var. floccosa Callicarpa longifolia var. horsfieldii Callicarpa longifolia var. lanceolaria Callicarpa longifolia var. subglabrata Callicarpa longifolia var. areolata Callicarpa longifolia var. longifolia
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