Daphne mucronata Royle

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Daphne

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 2.5 m tall. The branches are slender and pale green. The leaves are alternate and scattered. They are 3-6 cm long by 0.4-1 cm wide. The flowers are white and in groups in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. The fruit are a flattened round shape and 1 cm long. They are hairy and orange.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows between 800-3,000 m above sea level in Pakistan. It is often near rivers.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Skin diseases (bark), Abscess (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Gonorrhea (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Cathartics (root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 150 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
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Images

Flower

Daphne mucronata flower picture by Syrish Kousar (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Daphne mucronata world distribution map, present in Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831300-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637768
COL ID 344WD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Daphne angustifolia Daphne argentea Daphne cachemireana Daphne coriacea Daphne acuminata Daphne escalerae Daphne acuminata var. kochii Daphne angustifolia var. affghanica Daphne angustifolia var. mucronata Daphne mucronata var. affghanica Daphne mucronata Daphne mucronata subsp. mucronata

Lower taxons

Daphne mucronata subsp. linearifolia Daphne mucronata subsp. turcica