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Daphniphyllum macropodum Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Daphniphyllaceae > Daphniphyllum

Characteristics

Trees or shrubs, 3-10(-20) m tall; branchlets stout, dark brown, with orbicular leaf scars. Petiole 3-6 mm, purplish red; leaf blade oblong or oblanceolate, 14-25 × 3-6.5 cm, leathery, light green and lightly glaucous abaxially, deep green and shining adaxially, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, apex acuminate; lateral veins slender and dense, 12-18 pairs, visible on both surfaces. Male flowers: inflorescence 5-7 cm; pedicel ca. 5 mm; calyx absent; stamens 8-10; filaments very short, ca. 1 mm; anthers ca. 2 mm. Female flowers: inflorescence 4.5-8 cm; pedicel 3-5 mm; calyx absent; staminodes 10 around ovary; ovary ovoid, ca. 2 mm, glaucous; style branches recurved. Drupe ellipsoidal, ca. 10 × 5-6 mm, purplish brown, tuberculate, glaucous; style branches persistent. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Aug-Oct.
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A small evergreen tree. It grows about 3 m high. It can be 15 m high. The trunk is thick. The bark is grey brown. Branching starts low down. The leaves are oblong and leathery. The leaves can be 20 cm long. The stalks are red and 5 cm long. Both male and female flowers are in racemes in the axils of leaves. They are very small. The fruit are fleshy and have one seed inside.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 5.0 - 7.0
Mature height (meter) 4.5 - 7.0
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

It is a temperate plant. It can tolerate lime in the soil. It is somewhat hardy to frosts. It can tolerate shade. In China it grows in forests between 600-1,900 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 6-8. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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By the sides of streams in moist woods and forests; at elevations from 600-1,900 metres.
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Fumitory (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. They can also be grown from cuttings or mature wood.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -19
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Daphniphyllum macropodum world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Daphniphyllum macropodum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:344242-1
WFO ID wfo-0000937758
COL ID 345LN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Daphniphyllum macropodum f. intermedium Daphniphyllum humile Daphniphyllum macropodum Daphniphyllum membranaceum Daphniphyllum himalayense subsp. macropodum Daphniphyllum macropodum var. crassifolium Daphniphyllum macropodum subsp. humile Daphniphyllum macropodum var. humile Daphniphyllum macropodum var. ihuysii Daphniphyllum macropodum var. variegatum Daphniphyllum macropodum var. viridipes Daphniphyllum himalense subsp. macropodum
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