Daphne papyracea Wall. ex G.Don

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs evergreen, to 1.5 m tall. Branches grayish brown or-black or purplish red or-brown, glabrous or tomentose. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-15 mm, glabrescent; leaf blade ovate, lanceolate, elliptic, or oblanceolate, 6-16 × 1.5-4 cm, thinly leathery, membranous, or papery, both surfaces glabrous, base cuneate, apex acuminate or obtuse; veins 6-15 pairs. Inflorescences terminal, fasciculate, 3-10(-12)-flowered; peduncle ca. 2 mm, sericeous; bracts caducous, ovate, 7-15 × 3-4 mm, sparsely sericeous, apex acuminate. Flowers not fragrant; pedicel ca. 2 mm, densely sericeous. Calyx white or greenish white, sometimes flushed pink; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, (5-)10-15(-18) mm, exterior sericeous; lobes 4, ovate, 4-11 × 2-5 mm, apex acute or obtuse. Stamens 8, lower whorl inserted at middle of calyx tube, upper whorl in throat; filaments short; anthers oblong, 1-2 mm; upper ones partly exserted from calyx tube. Disk cup-shaped, margin slightly undulate to obscurely serrate. Ovary cylindric, 2-4 mm, glabrous; style very short; stigma capitate, papillose. Drupe red, ovoid-pyriform, 8-10 mm. Fl. Nov-Jan, fr. Apr-May.
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A shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forests, shrubby and herbaceous slopes; at elevations from 700-3,100 metres. Shaded places in forested areas at elevations from 1,500-3,200 metres in Nepal.
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It is a temperate plant. In Northeast India it grows between 2,500-2,800 m above sea level.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Leukemia, lymphoid (aerial part), Antirheumatic agents (fruit), Fever (leaf), Gonorrhea (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Sneezing (leaf), Urination disorders (leaf), Anti-arrhythmia agents (root), Antipyretics (root), Cathartics (root), Eczema (root), Furunculosis (root), Gonorrhea (root), Skin diseases (root), Sneezing (root), Fever (seed), Skin diseases (seed), Urination disorders (seed), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified), Cathartics (unspecified), Hypotension (unspecified), Mental disorders (unspecified), Tranquilizing agents (unspecified), Tuberculosis, lymph node (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 150 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

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Daphne papyracea unspecified picture

Distribution

Daphne papyracea world distribution map, present in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60454702-2
WFO ID wfo-0000637816
COL ID 344X8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Daphne papyracea f. grandiflora Daphne eriocephala Daphne laciniata Daphne mairei Daphne papyracea Daphne cannabina Daphne papyracea var. grandiflora Daphne papyracea var. crassiuscula Daphne papyracea var. duclouxii Daphne papyracea var. latifolia Daphne papyracea var. parvifolia Daphne cavaleriei Daphne papyracea var. papyracea

Lower taxons

Daphne papyracea subsp. jinyunensis Daphne papyracea var. longituba Daphne papyracea var. xichouensis Daphne papyracea subsp. yunnanensis