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Elaeagnus glabra Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Elaeagnaceae > Elaeagnus

Characteristics

Shrubs, evergreen. Young branches and buds with dense silvery brown scales. Petiole 7-10 mm; leaf blade elliptic to obovate, 5-10 × 2-3 cm, papery, abaxially partially covered with brown or rarely silvery scales, lateral veins 6 or 7 per side of midrib, base obtuse or rounded, apex acute to obtuse or rounded. Inflorescence a short raceme in axils of mature leaves 2-8-flowered, or sometimes flowers solitary along long shoot. Pedicel 3-4 mm. Flowers silvery brown. Calyx tube 5-6 mm; lobes triangular-ovate, 2-3 mm. Filaments ca. 0.8 mm; anthers elliptic, 1.5-1.8 mm. Style glabrous; stigma ca. 3 mm, glandular-papillate. Drupe red-orange, broadly elliptic to elliptic, 1.4-1.8 cm. Seed 1.7-1.8 cm. Fl. Sep-Nov, fr. Apr-May.
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A sprawling shrub. It does not have thorns. It grows 6 m tall. The young branches are shiny brown. The leaves are narrow and dark green above and with brown scales underneath. The flowers are fragrant. The fruit are orange with silver speckles. They are on long slender stalks.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
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. In China it grows in thickets at about 2,200 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 7-9.
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Thickets in hills; at elevations around 2,200 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits leaves 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
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927282-1
WFO ID wfo-0000663763
COL ID 38XBH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Elaeagnus buisanensis Elaeagnus tenuiflora Elaeagnus daibuensis Elaeagnus glabra Elaeagnus glabra f. oxyphylla Elaeagnus glabra var. cupressa Elaeagnus glabra var. jotanii Elaeagnus glabra subsp. oxyphylla Elaeagnus glabra subsp. tenuiflora Elaeagnus oiwakensis Elaeagnus paucilepidota
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