Fallopia aubertii (L.Henry) Holub

Renouée de Boukhara (fr), Fallopie de Boukhara (fr), Vrillée de Boukhara (fr), Renouée du Turkestan (fr), Vrillée de Bal'dzhuan (fr), Renouée de Bal'dzhuan (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Fallopia

Characteristics

Vigorous, perennial, ± woody climber, often forming dense masses of twining leafy branches, glabrous except for infl. axes. Petiole slender, 1-3 cm long. Lamina 1.5-5.5 × 1-3.5 cm, usually ovate-sagittate, entire; base truncate to broadly cordate; apex acute to cuspidate; lvs on flowering shoots often ovate or narrow-ovate. Ochreae c. 5 mm long, obliquely truncate but soon deeply split. Panicles large and diffuse, terminal, often in dense, ± pendulous masses, with numerous fragrant, white fls. Peduncles ribbed, minutely puberulous on ridges. Bracts < pedicels, membranous except for narrow greenish keel. Pedicels 3-6 mm long, with collar-like joint in lower part, winged above. Perianth 2-5 mm long at anthesis, accrescent; inner segments appearing obovate because of attenuate base; outer segments oblong-ovate, with a greenish keel. Stamens enclosed in the shorter inner perianth segments; filaments hairy. Fruiting perianth broadly winged, white or slightly pinkish. Nut c. 4 mm long, glossy black, finely granular, strongly, obtusely 3-angled.
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Subshrubs. Stems twining, gray-brown, 1-4 m, glabrous. Leaves clustered, rarely solitary; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm; leaf blade narrowly ovate or ovate, 2.5-5 × 1.5-3 cm, both surfaces subleathery, glabrous, base subcordate, margin entire, apex acute; ocrea brown, membranous, oblique, dehiscent. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, paniculate, few branched; peduncle papillate; bracts membranous, apex acute, each 3-6-flowered. Pedicel 3-4 mm, slender, base articulate. Perianth greenish or white, 5-parted; tepals elliptic, outer 3 larger, accrescent and winged on abaxial surface in fruit; wings decurrent below to pedicels; fruiting perianth obovate, 4-5 mm in diam. Stamens 8; filaments dilated below middle, base pubescent. Styles 3, very short; stigmas capitate. Achenes included in persistent perianth, black, slightly shiny, ovoid, trigonous, 3.5-4 mm, densely minutely granular. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination autogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 12.0
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 -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 3
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Fallopia aubertii flower picture by Alex Kipo (cc-by-sa)
Fallopia aubertii flower picture by ilias kesisoglou (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Fallopia aubertii world distribution map, present in China, France, and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:694560-1
WFO ID wfo-0000685778
COL ID 3DTQX
BDTFX ID 26470
INPN ID 97960
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Reynoutria aubertii Bilderdykia aubertii Tiniaria aubertii Polygonum aubertii Fallopia aubertii