Einadia hastata (R.Br.) A.J.Scott

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Einadia

Characteristics

Spreading perennial to 1.5 mm high, branching at base. Leaves opposite or subopposite, triangular to broadly hastate, entire, somewhat leathery and resinous when dry, glabrous or with scattered vitreous vesicular hairs when young; lamina 10–25 mm long; apex rounded and often apiculate; lateral lobes short and obtuse; petiole slender. Inflorescence a slender racemose panicle with scattered glomerules; flowers sessile or subsessile. Tepals oblong-obovate, thickened and hooded at apex, red and somewhat succulent in fruit. Stamens 1 or 2. Fruit a berry, depressed-globular, clasped by persistent tepals, c. 3 mm diam. Seed 1.5 mm diam., radially rugulose.
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A herb. It grows 2 m tall. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are ribbed. The leaves are simple and alternate or opposite. They are 0.8-4 cm long by 0.6-2.3 cm wide. New growth has some hairs. The leaf stalks are 0.4-1.2 cm long. The flowers are on branched stalks at the ends of branches or in the axils of leaves. The flowers are 0.5-1 mm across and do not have petals. There are 5 red sepals. The fruit is a red berry. It is 2-3 mm across. There is one black seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Geelong Botanical Gardens. It grows in monsoon forest and vine forest. In tropical Australia it grows from sea level to 850 m altitude.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The leaves are eaten after boiling to remove extra salt.
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Edible fruits leaves
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Cultivation

A spacing of 30 cm by 50 cm is suitable.
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Images

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Distribution

Einadia hastata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:165557-1
WFO ID wfo-0000663603
COL ID 6DZVW
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Synonyms

Einadia hastata Rhagodia hastata