Convallaria keiskei Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Convallaria

Characteristics

A herb. It is 18-30 cm high. The leaf stalks are 8-20 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 7-20 cm long by 3-8.5 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and it tapers to the tip. The flowers are white. The fruit is a berry. It is red at maturity. It is 6-12 mm across. POISONOUS.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Temperate. It grows in moist places in forests on shady hillsides between 800-2500 m altitude in N China. It suits hardiness zones 3-9.
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Highlands and mountain meadows all over Japan.
It is a temperate plant.
Light 1-9
Soil humidity 1-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-8

Usage

Caution: This plant may well be poisonous. It contains glycoside compounds which stimulate the heartbeat.
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The flowers and flower buds are preserved in salt of mixed with leaf tea and drunk.
Uses medicinal poison tea wood
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Cardiotonic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 60 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Convallaria keiskei unspecified picture

Distribution

Convallaria keiskei world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Japan, Myanmar, Montenegro, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533481-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764137
COL ID XYLR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Convallaria keiskei f. colorata Convallaria keiskei Convallaria manschurica Convallaria japonica Convallaria keiskei var. trifolia Convallaria majalis var. manshurica Convallaria majalis var. keiskei Convallaria majalis subsp. manschurica Convallaria keiskei f. desulavii