Characteristics
A small shrub. It grows 50 cm high. The young leaves are covered with long white hairs. The flowers are white. They are in groups at the ends of branches. The fruit are red berries that turn black when ripe.
| Life form |
-
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| Growth form |
shrub
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
0.5
|
| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a tropical plant. It grows in secondary forest. It has been recorded at 380 m above sea level.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The small fruit are eaten for fun to stain the mouth purple.
| Uses |
-
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| Edible
|
fruits
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
|
| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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