Gymnosporia variabilis (Hemsl.) Loes.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Gymnosporia

Characteristics

Shrubs, to 5 m tall; twigs spiny, glabrous; terminal thorns sturdy, axillary ones slightly tenuous. Petiole 3-6 mm; leaf blade elliptic, narrowly elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 3-12 × 1-4 cm (or varying sizes), papery, base cuneate, margin crenate, apex acute or obtuse; veins and veinlets tenuous. Cymes axillary, 1-3 × dichotomous; peduncle 0.3-1.3 cm; bracteoles ca. 1 mm. Flowers light yellow, 5-6 mm in diam.; sepals ovate; petals oblong, slightly longer than stamens. Disk slightly rounded and thick. Ovary confluent with disk for ca. 1/3 of length; styles short; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule subobovoid, red or purple, 1.2-1.5 mm, 3-valved. Seeds subellipsoid, ca. 7 × 4-5 mm, brown, shiny, basally covered by light yellow shallowly cupulate aril. Fl. Jun-Oct, fr. Jul-Dec.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Gymnosporia variabilis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Gymnosporia variabilis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1020964-1
WFO ID wfo-0000713089
COL ID 6KVKD
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Synonyms

Celastrus variabilis Gymnosporia variabilis Maytenus arboreus Maytenus variabilis