Corema album (L.) D.Don

Corème blanche (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Corema

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 30 cm tall. The fruit are about 9 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It suits USDA hardiness zones 7-10. It grows in sand dunes and near the coast.
More
Maritime sands and dunes on the Atlantic littoral.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 1-5
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Fever (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Corema album unspecified picture

Distribution

Corema album world distribution map, present in Spain, France, Morocco, and Portugal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70023825-1
WFO ID wfo-0000621229
COL ID YDDH
BDTFX ID 18899
INPN ID 92436
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Corema azoricum Empetrum album Corema album Corema album Corema febrifugum Corema album subsp. azoricum Euleucum album