Maesa montana A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Maesa

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees 2-3(-10) m tall. Branchlets terete, white pilose-tomentulose, glabrescent; pith solid. Petiole deeply canaliculate, 1-1.5(-1.8) cm; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, or lanceolate, rarely broadly ovate, 7-14(-23) × 3-7(-9) cm, membranous, base cuneate or obtuse, margin coarsely dentate or undulate with punctate teeth, apex acute or acuminate; lateral veins 8-12 on each side of midrib, ending in teeth, glabrescent or hispidulous, submarginal vein absent. Inflorescences axillary, racemose or paniculate, 2-7(-10) cm, hirsute; bracteoles minute, lanceolate or ovate. Flowers ca. 2 mm. Pedicel 1-2(-3) mm. Calyx lobes ovate or oblong, glabrous or sometimes ciliate, entire, apex obtuse. Corolla white, campanulate; lobes ovate, as long as or longer than tube, orange punctate-lineate, margin entire or crenulate, apex obtuse or rounded. Stamens inserted at corolla throat, included; anthers orbicular or reniform. Pistil included. Style persistent; stigma minutely lobed. Fruit white, globose or ovoid, 3-4 mm in diam., orange punctate-lineate; persistent calyx lobes covering 2/3-3/4 of fruit. Fl. Feb-Apr, fr. Oct-Dec.
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A shrub. It grows to about 3.5 m high. It can be 10 m high. The leaves have stalks. The stalks are 1-1.5 cm long. The leaves are 3-15.5 cm long by 1.5-7 cm wide. They are oval and with teeth along the edge. The tip narrows. They taper towards the base. There are 8-12 veins on each side of the main vein. The flowering stalks are in the axils of leaves and are 2-7 cm long. The flowers are white. The fruit are 3 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 2.25 - 3.5
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. In Nepal it grows from 250-1500 m altitude. It grows in moist hill forest. In China they are in mixed forests on hillsides between 400-2800 m altitude in S China. Hobart Botanical Gardens. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten. The young leaves are used for tea.
Uses dye tea
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Germination luminosity -
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Images

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Distribution

Maesa montana world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Maesa montana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:588882-1
WFO ID wfo-0001085880
COL ID 3XG4T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Maesa montana Maesa martinii Maesa castaneifolia Maesa formosana Maesa henryi Maesa martini Maesa montana var. elongata Maesa argentea var. kwangsiensis Maesa montana var. formosana