Callicarpa tomentosa (L.) L.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Callicarpa

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows 5 m tall. The bark is grey. The small branches are angular. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are narrowly oval and taper to the tip. The flowers are purple. The fruit are round and fleshy and have 3-4 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Undergrowth in open disturbed evergreen to semi-evergreen forests; at elevations up to 1,400 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forests up to 1,400 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The bark is chewed with betel nut.
Uses fuel material medicinal
Edible barks
Therapeutic use Diuretics (aerial part), Appetite stimulants (bark), Chronic disease (bark), Flatulence (bark), Liver diseases (bark), Pneumonia (bark), General tonic for rejuvenation (bark), Scorpion stings (bark), Skin diseases (bark), Wounds and injuries (bark), Abdominal pain (leaf), Scorpion stings (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Antipyretics (root), Gastrointestinal diseases (shoot), Abdominal pain (stem), Aphthae (unspecified), Deobstruent (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hepatic-Obstruction (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Masticatory (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Diuretics (whole plant excluding root)
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 -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Callicarpa tomentosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Callicarpa tomentosa world distribution map, present in Indonesia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:861509-1
WFO ID wfo-0000771452
COL ID 5WVSQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tomex tomentosa Callicarpa arborea Callicarpa lanata Callicarpa tomentosa Callicarpa tomex Callicarpa wallichiana Callicarpa farinosa Callicarpa lobata Cornutia corymbosa Hedyotis arborescens Callicarpa tomentosa var. lanata Callicarpa villosa