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Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Callicarpa

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees. Branchlets nearly 4-angled. Petiole robust, 1-3 cm, densely gray unevenly stellate tomentose; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, narrowly elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, 10-23 X 5-11 cm, abaxially densely unevenly gray stellate tomentose and glandular, adaxially pubescent especially on veins, base cuneate to broadly obtuse, margin serrulate. Cymes 4-8 cm across, densely unevenly gray stellate tomentose. Calyx ca. 1 mm, subtruncate, gray stellate tomentose, yellow glandular. Corolla purple, ca. 2.5 mm, sparsely stellate tomentose. Anthers yellow glandular. Ovary puberulent. Fruit ca. 1.5 mm in diam., puberulent, glandular. Fl. and fr. Apr-Dec.
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An evergreen shrub. It grows to about 3-6 m high. It has straggling branches. The leaves are 10-25 cm long by 3.5-10 cm wide. The are oblong to sword shaped. They have shallow round teeth at the edge and are softly hairy above. They have thick cottony hairs underneath. The flowers are small and pink. They occur in dense compound flower arrangements. The fruit is fleshy with a stone inside. It is white and spongy. It is succulent when fully ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 2.5
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows to about 1500 m altitude in Nepal. It grows in moist places. In India it grows on shady slopes between 700-1000 m altitude. It grows between 600-1500 m altitude in Uttar Pradesh. It suits hardiness zones 9-11.
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Swampy localities and ravines. Waste places and roadsides; at elevations up to 1,800 metres. Mixed forests, at elevations from 100-2,000 metres in China.
Swampy localities and ravines. Waste places and roadsides; at elevations up to 1,800 metres. Mixed forests, at elevations from 100-2,000 metres in China.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The ripe fruits are eaten raw. They are sweet.
Uses environmental use medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Toothache (bark), Wounds and injuries (bark), Analgesics (flower), Antipyretics (flower), Bites and stings (flower), Colic (flower), Diabetes mellitus (flower), Diarrhea (flower), Dysentery (flower), Dyspepsia (flower), Fatigue (flower), Fever (flower), Flatulence (flower), Headache (flower), Hemoptysis (flower), Hemorrhage (flower), Hemostatics (flower), Hyperhidrosis (flower), Infection (flower), Pain (flower), Skin diseases (flower), Ulcer (flower), Vomiting (flower), Rheumatoid arthritis (flower), Acne vulgaris (fruit), Analgesics (fruit), Antipyretics (fruit), Bites and stings (fruit), Colic (fruit), Diabetes mellitus (fruit), Diarrhea (fruit), Dizziness (fruit), Dysentery (fruit), Dyspepsia (fruit), Fatigue (fruit), Fever (fruit), Flatulence (fruit), Headache (fruit), Hematologic diseases (fruit), Hemoptysis (fruit), Hemorrhage (fruit), Hemostatics (fruit), Hyperhidrosis (fruit), Infection (fruit), Mouth diseases (fruit), Nervous system diseases (fruit), Pain (fruit), Pharyngitis (fruit), Skin diseases (fruit), Stomatitis, aphthous (fruit), Sweating (fruit), Tongue diseases (fruit), Ulcer (fruit), Vomiting (fruit), Rheumatoid arthritis (fruit), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Arthralgia (leaf), Gout (leaf), Headache (leaf), Joint diseases (leaf), Appetite stimulants (root), Appetite stimulants (seed), Blister (seed), Diuretics (seed), Furunculosis (seed), Leprosy (seed), Oral ulcer (seed), Stomatitis (seed), Dysentery (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Glossitis (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Diabetes mellitus (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Hemoptysis (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Stomatitis, aphthous (unspecified), Tongue diseases (unspecified), Vomiting (unspecified), Rheumatoid arthritis (unspecified), Antifungal agents (whole plant excluding root), Fever (wood), Oral ulcer (wood), Stomach diseases (wood), Stomatitis, aphthous (wood), Tongue diseases (wood), Wounds and injuries (wood)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Callicarpa macrophylla world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Callicarpa macrophylla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:861393-1
WFO ID wfo-0000769957
COL ID PMF9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 705995
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Synonyms

Callicarpa macrophylla Callicarpa tomentosa Callicarpa incana Callicarpa roxburghii Callicarpa salviifolia Callicarpa dunniana Callicarpa macrophylla var. griffithii Callicarpa macrophylla var. kouytchensis
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