Castela tortuosa Liebm.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Simaroubaceae > Castela

Characteristics

A perennial dioecious evergreen shrub. It grows 1-4m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Amebiasis (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Intestine (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Castela tortuosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Castela tortuosa world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813672-1
WFO ID wfo-0000589958
COL ID RP8T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Castela texana Castela tortuosa Castelaria texana Castela salubris Castela erecta subsp. texana Castela nicholsonii var. texana Castela salubris var. endlichiana Castelaria tortuosa