Hemiphragma heterophyllum Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Hemiphragma

Characteristics

Perennials. Leaves on main stems with petiole 2-5(-10) mm or sometimes subsessile; leaf blade orbicular, cordate, or reniform, 0.5-2 cm, base truncate, subcordate, or cuneate, margin serrately 2-7-toothed, apex obtuse to acuminate, veins inconspicuous. Leaves on branches crowded, needlelike, sometimes linear-lanceolate upward, 3-5 mm. Flowers subsessile or short pedicelled. Calyx lobes narrowly triangular-lanceolate, 3-5 mm, subequal. Corolla white or rose, ca. 6 mm; tube short campanulate; lobes 5, orbicular to oblong, subequal, sometimes transparently punctate. Filaments filiform, adnate to corolla tube; anther locules apically confluent. Style ca. 1 mm. Capsule red, ovoid to globose, berrylike, fleshy, shiny, 5-6(-10) mm. Seeds pale yellow-brown, ovoid, to 1 mm. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jun-Aug.
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A herb which lies along the ground. It forms roots at the nodes. The leaves are of two forms. Those on the main stem have short stalks and are opposite and oval with a blunt tip. They have shallow round teeth. The leaves on the small branches are needle shaped and arise as a bunch from one point. The flowers are pink. The fruit is a berry. It turns bright red when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows on alpine meadows and rock crevices. In Nepal it grows between 1800-4000 m altitude. It grows on dry slopes. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Dry slopes, forest and scrub at elevations of 1800-4000 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Ripe fruit are eaten fresh.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Hemiphragma heterophyllum world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:803776-1
WFO ID wfo-0001139995
COL ID 3KRS9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hemiphragma heterophyllum Hemiphragma heterophyllum var. heterophyllum

Lower taxons

Hemiphragma heterophyllum var. dentatum