Gaultheria longibracteolata R.C.Fang

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs 0.7–2.4 m tall. Twigs angled, densely brown hispid and puberulous. Leaves scattered; petiole 2–5 mm, sparsely hispid or glabrous; leaf blade elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 2.5–6 × 1.4–3 cm, leathery, abaxially sparsely shortly appressed-setulose, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 2 or 3 pairs, fine veins raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base broadly cuneate or cuneate to obtuse, margin recurved, serrate, apex acute to obtuse, mucronulate. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, racemose, 2–3 cm, many flowered, densely pubescent; bracts broadly ovate or oblong, 4–5 mm, glabrous, margin membranous, ciliolate. Pedicel 3–4 mm, densely pubescent; bracteoles 2, apical, ca. 5 mm, concave. Calyx pink, ca. 5 mm, abaxially glabrous, adaxially pubescent; lobes oblong, 2.5–3 mm, margin ciliolate, apex apiculate. Corolla white, urceolate, 5–6 mm, abaxially glabrous, adaxially pilose in upper part; lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 0.8 mm. Filaments spindle-shaped, ca. 1.5 mm, ciliate; anthers ca. 1.5 mm; thecae shortly 2-awned. Ovary tomentose; style pilose. Calyx at fruiting crimson-purple-green or purple-black, glaucous; capsule globose, 4–6 mm in diam., pubescent. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Oct.
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A shrub. It grows 0.7-2.4 m tall. The twigs are angled. They are brown and hairy. The leaves are scattered. The leaves are narrowly oval and 2.5-6 cm long by 1.4-3 cm wide. The fruit is a capsule 4-6 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.7 - 2.4
Root system -
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In Yunnan.
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Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
Uses food
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Gaultheria longibracteolata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1007832-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695249
COL ID 6JZKJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gaultheria longibracteolata