Kydia calycina Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Kydia

Characteristics

Trees 10-20 m tall. Branchlets terete, densely brownish stellate pubescent. Petiole 2-4 cm, stellate pilose; leaf blade nearly round, usually palmately 3-5-lobed, 6-14 × 5-11 cm, abaxially densely gray stellate woolly, adaxially stellate pilose, palmate veins 5-7, base rounded or nearly cordate, margin sparsely denticulate, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences densely gray stellate puberulent. Flowers ca. 1.6 cm in diam. Epicalyx lobes 4(or 6), oblong, ca. 4 mm. Calyx shallowly cup-shaped, connate for 1/2 length, lobes 5, triangular, nearly as long as epicalyx. Petals reddish, obcordate, apex glandularly fimbriate. Capsule globose, ca. 5 mm in diam., persistent epicalyx lobes obovate-oblong, 1-1.5 × 0.5-0.9 cm, stellate tomentose. Seeds reniform, glandularly veined, glabrous. Fl. Sep-Nov.
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A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The leaves re 3-12 cm long by 4-17 cm wide. They can have 3 lobes and are almost heart shaped at the base. They are dark green above and more hairy underneath. The flowers are in a group. The fruit is a capsule 4-5 mm wide. The seeds are dark brown and kidney shaped.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In southern China it grows in sparse mixed forests in valleys between 500-1,600 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
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Sparse mixed forests in valleys at elevations of 500-1,600 metres in southern China. Dry regions.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The mucilaginous material from the stems is used to clarify sugar.
Uses animal food environmental use fiber fodder food food additive fuel material medicinal
Edible fruits leaves roots
Therapeutic use Antipyretics (bark), Antirheumatic agents (bark), Central nervous system diseases (bark), Contraceptive agents (bark), Diabetes mellitus (bark), Furunculosis (bark), Hypothermia (bark), Malaria (bark), Pain (bark), Reduced salivation (bark), Antipyretics (flower), Antirheumatic agents (flower), Reduced salivation (flower), Abdominal pain (leaf), Abscess (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Central nervous system depressants (leaf), Central nervous system diseases (leaf), Hypotension (leaf), Hypothermia (leaf), Inflammation (leaf), Low back pain (leaf), Pain (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Reduced salivation (leaf), Antipyretics (root), Antirheumatic agents (root), Edema (root), Low back pain (root), Anodyne (unspecified), Sialogogue (unspecified), Pain (unspecified), Skin (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

Kydia calycina unspecified picture

Distribution

Kydia calycina world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Kydia calycina threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561121-1
WFO ID wfo-0001076690
COL ID 3RGX4
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Kydia calycina Kydia fraterna Kydia roxburghiana