Elaeagnus griffithii Serv.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Elaeagnaceae > Elaeagnus

Characteristics

Shrubs, evergreen, divaricate or climbing, 2-4 m tall. Spines absent; young branches densely ferruginous-or brown scaly. Petiole 9-14 mm; leaf blade abaxially ferruginous when young, gray-green and glossy when mature, adaxially drying dull green, elliptic to broadly elliptic, 8-14 × 3-7 cm, membranous, thinly papery, or leathery, abaxially scales ± contiguous at maturity, mostly with brown centers, margin subentire, adaxially with brown scales when young, glabrous when mature, lateral veins 6-8 per side of midrib, raised on both surfaces, conspicuous abaxially, slender adaxially, base rounded or subrounded, margin revolute, apex acuminate to acute. Flowers nodding, 1-9 in axils of mature leaves. Pedicel 3-5 mm, slender, to 1.8 cm in fruit. Flowers light white, outside silvery scaly. Calyx tube broadly campanulate, 6-7 mm, abruptly constricted above ovary; lobes ovate-triangular, 3-6 mm, inside densely stellate-hairy to stellate-tomentose with sparse brown scales. Filaments 2-2.5 mm, expanded at base; anthers ca. 1.5 mm. Style erect, glabrous. Drupe ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 × 0.5 cm, rust-colored scaly. Fl. Nov-Feb, fr. Apr-May.
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A shrub.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer frankia
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 140 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
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Distribution

Elaeagnus griffithii world distribution map, present in Bangladesh and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323712-1
WFO ID wfo-0000663774
COL ID 38XBN
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INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Elaeagnus griffithii Elaeagnus griffithii var. multiflora Elaeagnus griffithii var. pauciflora Elaeagnus griffithii var. griffithii