Leea asiatica (L.) Ridsdale

Species

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Characteristics

Erect shrubs or small trees. Branchlets terete with longitudinal ridges obtuse, sparsely pubescent. Leaves pinnate or 3-foliolate; stipules deciduous; petiole 3-7 cm, central petiolules 3-6 cm, lateral petiolules 0.7-2.5 cm, pubescent or subglabrate; leaflets oblong, ovate-elliptic, or long ovate, 8-22 × 4-13 cm, base rounded or slightly cordate, margin with rounded and obtuse teeth, apex acuminate or caudate, abaxial surface sparsely with scabrous hairs on veins to sometimes pubescent, adaxial surface glabrous or with sparse bristles on veins; lateral veins 11-15 pairs, adaxial veinlets conspicuously protruding. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, compound dichasial, usually branched at base; peduncle 1.2-2 cm, sparsely pubescent. Involucre narrow, triangular, 0.3-0.5 cm; bracts small, long triangular, 1.5-2 × 0.4-0.6 cm, glabrous. Pedicel 1-2 mm, with papillate hairs; buds ovate-elliptic, 2-3 mm, apex rounded. Calyx tube cupulate, margin undulately lobed. Petals elliptic, 1.5-2.5 mm, glabrous. Staminodial tube 1.2-1.5 mm, with lower part 0.2-0.25 mm, upper 1-1.2 mm, lobes 0.5-0.7 mm. Stamens 5; filaments 0.8-1.2 mm; anthers elliptic, 0.8-1 × 0.4-0.5 mm. Ovary globose; style 0.8-1 mm; stigma expanded slightly. Berry oblate, 0.5-0.7 cm, 4-6-seeded. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Aug-Dec. 2n = 48.
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An erect shrub. It grows to about 1 m high. The leaves have stalks. They are twice divided. The upper leaves have 5-7 leaflets. The leaflets are 7.5-20 cm long. They taper to the tip. They are oblong with teeth around the edge. The flowers are white with a yellow tinge. The fruit is a berry. It is green.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Environment

A tropical and subtropical plant. In Nepal it grows between 400-1500 m altitude. It grows on open hillsides. In Yunnan in China it grows below 1300 m above sea level. It grows in secondary forest.
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Forest margins, valleys, along streams; at elevations from 500-1,800 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw. They are sweet. The fruit, leaves and roots are edible. The tubers are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use Wound (unspecified), Larvicide (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Leea asiatica world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:469502-1
WFO ID wfo-0001145449
COL ID 3SWY6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Phytolacca asiatica Leea asiatica Leea pinnata Leea herbacea Leea pumila Leea edgeworthii Leea crispa Aquilicia crispa