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Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zucc.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Gesneriaceae > Conandron

Characteristics

Petiole (0.4-)4-19 cm, glabrous; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to suborbicular, (3-)18-24 X (2-)4.5-14.5 cm, glabrous or glandular puberulent near base, base sometimes oblique, decurrent into petiole wing, broadly cuneate to truncate or cordate, margin irregularly denticulate to dentate, teeth extending down petiole wing, apex acuminate, rarely acute; lateral veins 8-11 on each side of midrib. Cymes 3-23-flowered; peduncle (3-)9-15 cm, glabrescent; bracts linear to narrowly elliptic, 2-4(-10) mm, margin entire, rarely dentate. Calyx segments narrowly triangular to narrowly lanceolate, 3-7 mm. Corolla 1-1.8 cm in diam., outside glabrous; tube 2-5 mm; limb 5-lobed, lobes triangular-ovate, 6-8 X 3-6 mm. Stamens 5-7 mm. Pistil 5-7 (-9) mm, sparsely glandular. Style 3.5-7 mm. Capsule (5-)7-10 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. May-Oct.
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A herb which grows in water. It has rhizomes but no stem. It keeps growing from year to year. There are only a few leaves at the base. The leaf stalk is 4-19 cm long. The leaf blade is narrowly oval or rounded. It is 18-24 cm long by 4.5-14.5 cm wide. The leaf base is wedge shaped or heart shaped. There can be some glandular hairs near the base. The leaf has irregular teeth. The leaf tapers to the tip. There are 8-11 side veins on each side of the midrib. The flowers are in a loose flower arrangement. There are 3-23 flowers. The flower stalk is 9-15 cm long. The fruit is a capsule 7-10 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.2
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a warm temperate plant. It grows near stream side rocks and on rocky cliffs in forests between 600-1300 m altitude in the eastern China provinces.
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Wet rocky cliffs in the mountains of C. and S. Japan. Streamside rocks, rocky cliffs in forests at elevations of 600-1300 metres in China.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 1-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Intestinal tonic (unspecified), Cancer(Stomach) (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Conandron ramondioides unspecified picture

Distribution

Conandron ramondioides world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:379068-1
WFO ID wfo-0000617641
COL ID XJPX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Conandron minor Conandron ramondioides var. pilosum Conandron ramondioides var. taiwanensis Conandron ramondioides f. pilosum Conandron ramondioides Conandron ramondioides f. variegatum
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