WorldFloraDB - Cansjera rheedei

Characteristics

Lianas climbing to 8 m or erect shrubs. Branchlets yellowish tomentose. Petiole 2-4 mm, tomentulose; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, 4-13 × 2.5-6 cm, ± leathery, glabrescent, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex acuminate; veins 4-6 on each side of midvein. Inflorescences fascicled, 1-3 cm, tomentulose; bracts triangular, ca. 1 mm. Perianth yellowish, urceolate, ca. 3 mm; lobes 4, ovate-triangular, ca. 0.5 mm, recurved. Filaments ca. 2 mm; anthers broadly ovoid. Disk scales 4, ovate, apex acute. Ovary cylindric. Style ca. 1 mm, persistent; stigma capitate, 4-lobed. Drupe orange-red, ellipsoid, 1.2-1.5 × 0.7-1 cm, glabrous. Fl. Oct-Dec, fr. Jan-Apr.

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A woody climber. It climbs 8 m tall. It can be an erect shrub. The small branches have a yellow coating. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-13 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped or rounded. The fruit is fleshy and orange to red. They are 1.5 cm long by 1 cm wide.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

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Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

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Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in forest and thickets. It grows from sea level to 1,400 m above sea level. It occurs in Yunnan.

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Usage

The young leaves are boiled and eaten as a vegetable.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607651-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000584088
COL ID	68XV7
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Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Octoplis polistachya Opilia amentacea Cansjera polystachya Cansjera lanceolata Cansjera monostachya Cansjera rheedei Cansjera scandens Cansjera zizyphifolia Octoplis polystachya Cansjera malabarca

WorldFloraDB 2024

Cansjera rheedei J.F.Gmel.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Opiliaceae > Cansjera