Gaultheria straminea R.C.Fang

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs 1–3(–4) m tall. Twigs angled, rather slender, densely brown hispid and puberulous. Leaves scattered; petiole 4–5 mm, hispid and puberulous or glabrous; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, 4–7 × 1–2.5 cm, leathery, abaxially appressed-setulose, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 3–5 pairs, fine veins slightly raised abaxially, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margin dentate, apex acuminate or acute, mucronulate. Infloresences axillary and terminal, racemose, 1.5–3.5 cm, densely pubescent; bracts ovate, 3–4 mm, puberulous, ciliolate. Pedicel 1–2 mm, densely pubescent; bracteoles 2, subapical, 2–3 mm, abaxially puberulous, adaxially glabrous, margin membranous, ciliolate. Calyx lobes subulate-to narrowly triangular, ca. 2 mm, puberulous, ciliolate. Corolla white, urceolate, 3–4 mm, abaxially glabrous, adaxially pilose; lobes ovate-triangular, very short. Filaments spindle-shaped, ca. 0.75 mm, papillate; anthers ca. 0.75 mm, thecae shortly 2-awned. Ovary tomentose. Calyx at fruiting white, rugose; capsule globose, 4–5 mm in diam. Fl. Aug–Oct, fr. Oct–Mar.
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A shrub. It grows 1-3 m tall. The twigs are slender and angled. They have brown hairs. The leaves are scattered and 4-7 cm long by 1-2.5 cm wide. The flowering shoots are in the axils of leaves or near the ends of branches. The capsule is round and 4-5 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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

Gaultheria straminea world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1007835-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695424
COL ID 6JZ3X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gaultheria wardii var. serrulata Gaultheria straminea