WorldFloraDB - Glycosmis lucida

Characteristics

Trees 3-5 m tall. Leaves (1 or)3-or 5(or 6)-foliolate; petiolules 2-8 mm; leaflet blades oblong to lanceolate, 7-18 × 3-6 cm, margin entire or repand, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, paniculate, 1-4 cm, many flowered. Sepals broadly ovate, ca. 1 mm, margin ciliate. Petals ca. 5 × 2-3 mm. Stamens 10; filaments linear. Ovary terete. Fruit orange, broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, 1-1.4 × 0.8-1.2 cm, 1-seeded. Fl. and fr. year-round but flowering peak Jan-Mar.

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A small tree. It grows 3-5 m tall. The leaves have 3 to 5 leaflets. The leaflets are oblong and 7-18 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The flowers can be in the axils of leaves or at the end of branches. The fruit are oval and orange. They are 1 cm wide. There is one seed.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountain woods between 900-1,400 m above sea level.

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Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.

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Edible	fruits
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60459326-2
WFO ID	wfo-0001242523
COL ID	3GFB5
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Glycosmis yunnanensis Glycosmis cymosa Glycosmis lucida Glycosmis oxyphylla Glycosmis tetraphylla

WorldFloraDB 2024

Glycosmis lucida Wall. ex C.C.Huang

Species