Maesa ramentacea (Roxb.) A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Maesa

Characteristics

Shrubs or rarely trees, 1.5-3(-5) m tall. Branchlets angular, glabrous, minutely lenticellate; pith solid. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 8-16 × 2.5-5.5 cm, papery, glabrous, base rounded, obtuse, to broadly cuneate, margin entire or undulate, apex acute or long acuminate; lateral veins 5-8 on each side of midrib, not united into marginal vein. Inflorescences axillary or sometimes subterminal, paniculate, many branched, 4-10 cm, minutely glandular granulose; bracts subulate or ovate; bracteoles broadly ovate or triangular, sparsely ciliate. Flowers white, ca. 2 mm. Pedicel 1-2 mm. Calyx lobes united ca. 1/2 their length, ovate or broadly so, glabrous, ciliate, not punctate, apex obtuse or rounded. Corolla united into a short tube, ca. 1.5 mm, not punctate, glabrous; lobes as long as tube, reniform or orbicular, rounded, margin undulate. Stamens inserted on distal part of corolla tube, included, rudimentary in pistillate flowers; anthers orbicular or reniform. Style very short, thick; stigma minutely 4-lobed. Fruit yellowish, globose, 2-3 mm, orange punctate-lineate or veined. Fl. Jan-Mar, fr. Nov-Dec.
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A shrub. It grows 2-3 m tall. The branches are angular. The leaves are oval and 8-16 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The flowers are in panicles in the axils of leaves. They are white.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 3.0
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in sparse broad-leaved forests and shady places along stream banks. It grows between 300-1,700 m above sea level in southern China. In Yunnan.
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Usage

The leaves are shoots are used as a vegetable.
Uses material medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Angina? (unspecified), Dermatosis (unspecified), Itch (unspecified), Skin (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Maesa ramentacea world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Conservation status

Maesa ramentacea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77145825-1
WFO ID wfo-0001085869
COL ID 3XG6F
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Maesa philippinensis Baeobotrys ramentacea Maesa acuminata Maesa sumatrana Maesa glabra Maesa missionis Maesa membranifolia Maesa ramentacea Baeobotrys acuminatus