WorldFloraDB - Elaeagnus oldhamii

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, evergreen. Young branches and buds densely silvery scaly. Petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade obovate, 3-6 × 1.3-2.5 cm, papery, scales mostly silvery, lateral veins 4-6 per side of midrib, base cuneate, apex obtuse, rounded, or emarginate. Inflorescences umbellate-racemose, 1-3-flowered, in axils of long shoots and of bracteoles on short shoots. Pedicel 3-4 mm. Flowers white. Calyx tube cup-shaped, ca. 2 mm; lobes 2.5-3.5 mm. Filaments ca. 0.7 mm; anthers narrowly elliptic, 2.5-2.7 mm. Style 0.7-0.9 mm, with stellate hairs. Drupe red, globose or nearly so, 7-9 mm. Seed 7-8 mm. Fl. Nov-Dec, fr. Feb-Mar.

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An evergreen shrub or small tree. There are silver scales on young branches. The leaves are papery and a fattened oval shape. They are 3-6 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. There are 4-6 pairs of side veins. The flowers are white and in groups. The fruit are almost round and 7-9 mm long. They are red. The seeds are 7-8 mm long.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

4.0

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

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Blooming months

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

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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

Nitrogen fixer

Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

A tropical plant. In Taiwan it grows below 500 m altitude.

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Open area; at elevations up to 500 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The fruit are eaten fresh.

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
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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