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Franklinia alatamaha Marshall

Franklin tree (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Theaceae > Franklinia

Characteristics

Trees: crown rounded; twigs reddish, smooth. Leaf blades 12-18(-25) × 5-7(-9.5) cm, abaxial surface hairy, hairs simple, bifurcate, and stellate, midrib depressed distally. Pedicels 1-2 mm diam. at narrowest point. Flowers: sepals suborbiculate, 7-9 × 8-9 mm, base constricted; petals to 6 × 4 cm, apex rounded; filaments: free portion 8-14 mm. Capsules 1.4-1.5 × 1.5-1.7 cm. Seeds 4-7 × 3.5-4.5 mm. 2n = 36.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 9.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.6
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 5-7
Soil humidity 8-8
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Franklinia alatamaha unspecified picture

Distribution

Franklinia alatamaha world distribution map, present in Georgia and United States of America

Conservation status

Franklinia alatamaha threat status: Extinct in the Wild

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105657-2
WFO ID wfo-0000692148
COL ID 6JKPP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Franklinia alatamaha Gordonia altamaha Lacathea florida Gordonia pubescens var. subglabra Gordonia pubescens var. velutina
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