Damnacanthus major Siebold & Zucc.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Damnacanthus

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1-2 m tall. Roots fleshy, white or pale purple, moniliform. Branches densely hispidulous to hirtellous when young, sometimes becoming glabrescent, terete or sometimes 4-angled, with numerous spines 3-10 mm, persistent. Petiole of developed leaves 1-4 mm, strigillose to hirtellous; leaf blade drying papery, broadly ovate, ovate, or elliptic-ovate, 3-4 × 1.5-2 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially glabrous or sometimes sparsely hispidulous along veins, base obtuse or rounded, margins flat and entire, apex acute; midrib thinly prominent adaxially; secondary veins 3-5 pairs; stipules quickly fragmenting or caducous, interpetiolar, broadly triangular, 0.5-1 mm, strigillose to glabrescent, obtuse to acute. Inflorescences strigillose. Pedicels ca. 1 mm. Calyx strigillose or puberulent; hypanthium portion obconic, 1-2 mm; limb ca. 2 mm, deeply lobed; lobes narrowly to broadly triangular. Corolla white, outside glabrous; tube ca. 11 mm; lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 4 mm. Drupes 5-10 mm in diam. Fl. Apr, fr. winter.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Damnacanthus major world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:748112-1
WFO ID wfo-0000937576
COL ID 343BF
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Synonyms

Damnacanthus major Damnacanthus indicus f. major Damnacanthus indicus var. intermedius Damnacanthus indicus var. major Damnacanthus indicus subsp. major Damnacanthus lancifolius var. oblongus