Lycianthes lysimachioides (Wall.) Bitter

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, to 1.5 m, trailing, prostrate, or perhaps climbing, rooting at nodes; pubescence of many-celled straight hairs. Leaves unequal paired; petiole of major leaf 0.8-3 cm, that of minor leaf 2-3 mm, sometimes pubescent; blade of major leaf ovate, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 3-7 × 2.5-7.5 cm, pubescent on both surfaces or glabrescent abaxially, ciliate, base cuneate, rounded, or cordate, apex acuminate or acute; blade of minor leaf 2-4.5 × 1.2-2.8 cm. Inflorescences 1-(or 2)-flowered fascicles; peduncle absent. Pedicel 8-10 mm. Calyx cup-shaped to campanulate, ca. 5 × 7 mm, 10-veined. Corolla white, pink, or pale purple, stellate, 1.8 cm in diam.; lobes lanceolate, 10 × 3-4 mm, often reflexed at apex, puberulent abaxially. Filaments 1 mm, glabrous; anthers 3-3.5 × 1.2 mm. Ovary glabrous. Style slender, ca. 8 mm. Fruiting pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm. Berry red, globose, ca. 8 mm in diam. Seed ovate-deltate, 1.5-2 mm in diam., finely reticulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Lycianthes lysimachioides world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:144221-1
WFO ID wfo-0001022421
COL ID 3WK6V
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Synonyms

Numaeacampa kerrii Lycianthes lysimachioides Lycianthes solitaria Solanum debilissimum Solanum ysimachioides Solanum lysimachioides Solanum nematosepalum Lycianthes tibetica Lycianthes lysimachioides var. caulorhiza Lycianthes lysimachioides var. cordifolia Lycianthes lysimachioides var. formosana Lycianthes lysimachioides var. lysimachioides Lycianthes lysimachioides var. purpuriflora Lycianthes lysimachioides var. rotundifolia Lycianthes lysimachioides var. sinensis