Heliotropium arboreum (Blanco) Mabb.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Heliotropium

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. This name and the synonym (Argusia argentea) seem to be confused.
Life form -
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.25 - 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on the seashore.
Light 4-7
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses dye food material medicinal poison social use timber wood
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified), Ague (unspecified), Evil eye (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Fumitory (unspecified), Wound (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Flower

Heliotropium arboreum flower picture by Emanuele Santarelli (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Heliotropium arboreum fruit picture by Emanuele Santarelli (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Heliotropium arboreum world distribution map, present in American Samoa, French Southern Territories, Australia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Guam, Indonesia, India, British Indian Ocean Territory, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Mozambique, Malaysia, Niue, Nauru, Pitcairn, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States of America, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, and Samoa

Conservation status

Heliotropium arboreum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77164241-1
WFO ID wfo-0001421768
COL ID 7WKFQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 455809
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Heliotropium foertherianum Tournefortia argentea Tournefortia arborea Messerschmidia argentea Heliotropium arboreum Argusia argentea