Carpinus viminea Lindl. ex Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Betulaceae > Carpinus

Characteristics

Trees 10-20 m tall; bark dark gray. Branchlets brown, glabrous. Petiole (1-)1.5-3 cm, glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, 6-11 × 3-5 cm, abaxially sparsely villous along midvein and lateral veins, sometimes bearded in axils of lateral veins, adaxially glabrous, base subcordate, rarely rounded-cuneate or subrounded, margin doubly mucronate serrate or setiform serrate, apex acuminate, acute, or caudate; lateral veins 12-15 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescence 5-15 × 2.5-3 cm; peduncle slender, 1.5-4 cm, sparsely pubescent; bracts semiovate-lanceolate, 1.5-2.5(-3) cm, subglabrous, unequally 3-lobed, middle lobe semiovate-lanceolate or oblong, straight or subfalcate, outer margin coarsely dentate, with ovate, flattened basal lobe ca. 3 mm, inner margin entire, with ovate, inflexed basal lobe 3-3.5 mm, apex acute or obtuse; veins 4, reticulate veins prominent. Nutlet broadly ovoid, 3-4 × 2.5-3.5 mm, glabrous except villous at apex, sparsely resinous glandular, prominently ribbed. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 16.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 20.0
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Woods and thickets on slopes, often in moist oak forests of higher montane zones as well as subtropical broad-leaved forests, sometimes forming nearly pure stands at higher elevations
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses material seasoning wood
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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Minimum temperature (C°) -5
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Images

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Distribution

Carpinus viminea world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Carpinus viminea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295290-1
WFO ID wfo-0000806440
COL ID 8W8CD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Carpinus davidii Carpinus kenpukwan Carpinus macrostachya Carpinus tehchingensis Carpinus viminea Carpinus fargesii Carpinus fargesii Carpinus fargesii var. latifolia Carpinus laxiflora var. davidii Carpinus laxiflora var. fargesii Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus viminea var. chiukiangensis Carpinus viminea var. viminea