Characteristics
A shrub or small tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 2-6 m tall. It has slender thorns 1-3 cm long. The leaves are narrowly oval and 3-5 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The fruit is orange to red and oval. They are 6-8 mm across.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
shrub
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
2.0 - 6.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a temperate plant. In northern China it grows near river banks and on sandy slopes between 500-1,500 m above sea level.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
|
Usage
The fruit are mealy and are eaten.
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
|
| Germination duration (days) |
180 - 730
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
10 - 15
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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