Maianthemum henryi (Baker) Lafrankie

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Maianthemum

Characteristics

Plants 50--80 cm tall. Rhizome submoniliform, 1--2 cm thick. Stem hispidulous or hirsutulous distally, rarely glabrescent. Leaves 5--8, subsessile or shortly petiolate; leaf blade elliptic, ovate, or oblong, 9--22 × 3.5--11 cm, pubescent or glabrescent. Inflorescence a raceme, sometimes a panicle, 3--7(--17) cm; rachis pubescent. Flowers solitary; pedicel 1.5--5 mm, pubescent. Perianth yellowish green to white, funnelform; segments connate except distally, forming a long tube, tube 6--10 mm, lobes spreading, 2--3 × 1.5--2 mm. Stamens short. Style 2--3 mm, slightly longer than ovary; stigma 3-lobed. Berries red at maturity, 7--9 mm in diam., 2--4-seeded. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 36*.
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A herb. It grows 50-80 cm tall. It has a rhizome 1-2 cm thick. There are 5-8 leaves. They are oval and 9-23 cm long by 4-11 cm wide. Flowers occur singly but with several along a stalk. They are yellowish green to white and funnel shaped.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in forests and thickets and moist places along streams between 1,300-4,000 m above sea level. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan in China.
Light 4-9
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Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Images

Maianthemum henryi unspecified picture

Distribution

Maianthemum henryi world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943004-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690934
COL ID 6R5BC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Oligobotrya limprichtii Oligobotrya henryi Smilacina henryi Smilacina henryi Oligobotrya henryi var. violacea Maianthemum henryi