WorldFloraDB - Maianthemum forrestii

Characteristics

Plants 50--80 cm tall. Stem glabrous. Leaves 6--9, sessile; leaf blade ovate-elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 11--17 × 3--8 cm, thinly papery, base cordate and clasping stem, apex long acuminate. Inflorescence a panicle or raceme, 8--15 cm, many flowered; rachis laxly pubescent. Flowers solitary; pedicel 3--6 mm, pubescent. Perianth yellow-green, tinged purple; segments basally connate, forming a short tube ca. 1 mm, lobes spreading, subovate or deltoid-lanceolate, 2--3 × 1.4--1.8 mm. Filaments ca. 0.5 mm; anthers small. Style ca. 0.8 mm, nearly as long as ovary. Fl. Jun--Jul.

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A herb. It grows 50-80 cm tall. The stems are smooth. There are 6-9 leaves. They are narrowly oval and 11-17 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. The base is heart shaped and clasps the stem. There are many flowers in a group but the flowers occur individually. They are green-yellow but with a purple tinge.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.5 - 0.8

Root system

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Flower color

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests between 2,800-3,200 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China.

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Usage

The young shoots and leaves are cooked and eaten in stir fries or added to soups.

Uses	food
Edible	leaves shoots
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943002-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000690857
COL ID	735BF
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Maianthemum forrestii Smilacina forrestii Tovaria forrestii

WorldFloraDB 2024

Maianthemum forrestii (W.W.Sm.) Lafrankie

Species