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Maianthemum japonicum (A.Gray) Lafrankie

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Maianthemum

Characteristics

Plants 30--60 cm tall. Rhizome creeping, subterete or submoniliform, 7--10 mm thick. Stem strigose distally. Leaves 4--9, shortly petiolate; leaf blade ovate-elliptic, elliptic, or oblong, 6--15 × 3--7 cm, both surfaces laxly pubescent or glabrescent. Inflorescence paniculate, with 3--5 branches, 3--6 cm, 10--25-flowered; rachis pubescent. Flowers solitary; pedicel 2--6 mm, pubescent. Perianth white; segments free or slightly connate at base, oblong or oblong-obovate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm. Filaments filiform, 2--2.5 mm; anthers small. Style 0.5--1 mm, subequaling ovary; stigma subentire. Berries red at maturity, 5--6 mm in diam., 1-or 2-seeded. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 36*.
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A herb. It grows 30-60 cm tall. It has a creeping rhizome. There are 4-9 leaves. They are oval and 6-15 cm long by 3-7 cm wide There are 10-25 flowers in a panicle. They are white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.6
Root system rhizome
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and moist shady places between 900-2,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan. In Yunnan.
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Woods and thickets in mountains all over Japan. Forests, moist and shaded places, cliffs; at elevations from 900-2,000 metres.
Light 3-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The young shoots are eaten. They are fried.
Uses food medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Maianthemum japonicum world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943006-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690951
COL ID 6QTBB
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Smilacina japonica f. trinervis Tovaria rossii Tovaria japonica Smilacina rossii Smilacina trinervis Smilacina hirta Smilacina japonica Vagnera japonica Smilacina japonica var. lute-carpa Smilacina japonica subsp. hirta Smilacina japonica var. mandshurica Maianthemum japonicum
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