Characteristics
A climbing shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The shoots are often modified into spines. The leaves are 2-6 cm long and 3-6 mm wide. They are narrow. The male flowers are in clusters at the base of the shoots. The female flowers are in clusters of 2-4 and are slender. The fruit is almost round and 6-7 mm across. It is succulent and orange. There is one seed. The seed is 4 mm long. It is black and shiny with unequal lobes.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
shrub
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
dioecy
|
| Pollination |
anemogamy
|
| Spread |
endozoochory
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
2.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a cool temperate plant. It grows in cold desert in north India. In the Himalayas it grows between 1,800-3,600 m altitude.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
The fruit are boiled with sugar and eaten. They are acidic. They are used for juice. The juice is also used for curries.
| Uses |
-
|
| Edible
|
fruits
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
|
| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
|
| Germination duration (days) |
30 - 180
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
stratification
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
8 - 20
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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