Elaeagnus formosana Nakai

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Elaeagnaceae > Elaeagnus

Characteristics

Shrubs, evergreen, climbing or sometimes erect. Young branches and buds silvery brown. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade adaxially dark brown when dried, obovate to oblanceolate or elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 4-11 × 2-5 cm, leathery, abaxially densely silvery scaly, lateral veins conspicuously raised adaxially, midrib flat or slightly raised, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin revolute, apex acute. Flowers solitary or 2-6 in a shortened raceme. Pedicel 1-2 mm. Flowers white, outside densely silvery scaly. Calyx tube 4-angled, 2.8-6 mm; lobes triangular-ovate, ca. as long as tube, apex acuminate. Filaments ca. 0.6 mm; anthers elliptic, 1.5-2 mm. Style erect, 2.2-5.5, glabrous; stigma 2.3-2.5 mm. Drupe ovoid, 1.1-1.6 cm. Seed 8-ribbed, 1-1.4 cm. Fl. Oct-Nov, fr. Feb-Mar.
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An evergreen shrub. It can be climbing. The young branches are silvery brown. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-11 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The flowers can occur singly or in groups of 2-6. The flowers are white. The fruit are oval and 1-2 cm long. The seed have 8 ribs.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer
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Environment

It occurs throughout Taiwan below 2,000 m above sea level.
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In thickets; at elevations up to 2,000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 140 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
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Distribution

Elaeagnus formosana world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323699-1
WFO ID wfo-0000663754
COL ID 6DZTW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Elaeagnus formosana Elaeagnus nokoensis