Chionanthus ramiflorus Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Chionanthus

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees 3-25 m. Branchlets terete, usually compressed. Petiole 2-5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, rarely lanceolate, (5-)8-20(-30) × (2.5-)4-7(-12) cm, leathery, glabrous, densely dotted with raised pimples especially abaxially, base attenuate, apex acuminate, acute, or obtuse; primary veins 7-10 on each side of midrib, slightly raised or obscure. Panicles axillary or rarely terminal, loose, 2.5-12(-25) cm. Pedicel 1-6 mm. Calyx ca. 1 mm, glabrous or puberulent; lobes ovate, ca. 0.5 mm, acute or obtuse. Corolla white or yellow, 2.5-5.5 mm; lobes oblong, rounded, slightly united at base. Anthers elliptic or oblong. Drupe blue-black, pruinose, ovoid-ellipsoid or ellipsoid, (1-) 1.5-3 × 0.5-2.2 cm.
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A small evergreen tree. It can grow 3-23 m tall. The trunk is bent and branched from low down. The bark is brown and has a few cracks. The leaves are simple and oval. The flowers are white or yellow. The fruit are blue-black and fleshy.
Pending.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 24.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It can grow in a range of forests. It can tolerate shade. It grows up to 600 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food fuel material medicinal social use
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use Fever (bark), Malaria (unspecified), Central nervous system diseases (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Flower

Chionanthus ramiflorus flower picture by Noel Dionson (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Chionanthus ramiflorus world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Viet Nam, and Vanuatu

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:608794-1
WFO ID wfo-0000830215
COL ID 5Y5MP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Linociera ramiflora f. pubisepala Linociera macrophylla Linociera picrophloia Mayepea intermedia Olea roxburghii Olea roxburghiana Phillyrea ramiflora Chionanthus macrophyllus Chionanthus picrophloius Chionanthus ramiflorus Linociera effusiflora Linociera ramiflora Linociera pauciflora Mayepea picrophloia Mayepea pauciflora Olea paniculata Olea pauciflora Chionanthus effusiflorus Linociera cuminginna Linociera intermedia Linociera oblonga Mayepea cumingiana Mayepea ramiflora Mayepea palembanica Olea floribunda Olea attenuata Chionanthus intermedius Chionanthus palembanicus Chionanthus paniculatus Chionanthus pauciflorus Chionanthus roxburghii Chionanthus tenuiflorus Linociera ramiflora var. grandiflora Linociera macrophylla var. attenuata Linociera intermedia var. roxburghii Linociera pauciflora var. evolutior Linociera pauciflora var. palembanica Chionanthus macrophyllus var. attenuatus Chionanthus pauciflorus var. evolutior Chionanthus pauciflorus var. palembanicus Chionanthus ramiflorus var. grandiflorus Chionanthus ramiflorus var. palembanicus Chionanthus ramiflorus var. peninsularis Chionanthus roxburghii var. intermedius Chionanthus ramiflorus var. ramiflorus Chionanthus paniculatus var. roxburghii