WorldFloraDB - Dirca palustris

Characteristics

Shrubs to 3 m; branches turning gray, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 2–5 mm, glabrescent; blade obovate to ovate, 5–10 × 3.5–7 cm, base cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces usually glabrous, rarely with persistent indument. Inflorescences racemose, becoming pendent, (2–)3(–6)-flowered, pedunculate, flowers pedicellate; bracts elliptic, apex obtuse to acute, brown-to tan-pubescent, occasionally hoary; peduncles 5–13 mm. Pedicels 2–10 mm, glabrous. Flowers: calyx yellow-green, unlobed or 4–5-lobed, lobes to 1 mm, margins shallowly crenate, erose, or undulate; ovary glabrous. Drupes green or yellow, drying red, ovoid, 6–12 mm, glabrous. 2n = 18, 36.

More

Shrub 1–2 m; lvs broadly oblong-obovate or obovate to ovate, 5–8 cm, on petioles 2–5 mm; fls 7–10 mm, the stamens protruding 3 mm; fr ellipsoid, 12–15 mm, pale yellowish-green, quickly deciduous. Rich, moist woods; N.S. and s. Que. to Minn., s. to Fla., Ala., Ark., and Okla.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

1.8

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Rich deciduous or mixed woods in moist situations, often on calcareous soils; at elevations up to 1,500 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use fiber material medicinal poison
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Cathartic (unspecified), Laxative (bark), Analgesic (bark), Cathartic (bark), Emetic (bark), Gynecological Aid (bark), Kidney Aid (bark), Diuretic (bark), Dermatological Aid (root), Pulmonary Aid (root), Analgesic (root), Blood Medicine (root), Gynecological Aid (root), Internal Medicine (root), Kidney Aid (root), Laxative (root), Misc. Disease Remedy (root), Orthopedic Aid (root), Tonic (root), Urinary Aid (root), Venereal Aid (root), Diuretic (root), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Eye Medicine (unspecified), Love Medicine (unspecified), Strengthener (unspecified), Tuberculosis Remedy (unspecified), Urinary Aid (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	3
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-30
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-