Mallotus japonicus (L.F.) Müll.Arg.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Mallotus

Characteristics

Shrubs 2-4 m tall. Branchlets dull brownish stellate-tomentulose when young. Petiole 3-17 cm; leaf blade suborbicular-ovate or rhombic-ovate, sometimes repand-tricuspidate, 8-20 × 5-15 cm, papery, abaxially sparsely stellate-pilosulose, sparsely yellowish glandular-scaly, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, obtuse, or slightly cordate, sometimes slightly peltate, with 2(or 4) glands, margin entire, apex acuminate; basal veins 3-5. Male inflorescences branched or unbranched, 7-18 cm, gray or brownish tomentulose; bracts sublanceolate, ca. 1 mm. Male flowers 2-or 3-fascicled; pedicels 2-3 mm; calyx lobes 3 or 4, ovate, ca. 3 mm, densely stellate-pilosulose; stamens 70-100. Female inflorescences branched or unbranched, 5-15 cm; bracts lanceolate, 2-3 mm. Female flowers: pedicel ca. 3 mm; sepals 4 or 5, triangular, 2-3 mm, tomentulose; ovary densely glandular-scaly, softly spiny and stellate-pilosulose; styles 3 or 4, ca. 4 mm, base connate for ca. 1 mm, long papillate. Fruiting pedicel ca. 3 mm; capsule ca. 8 mm in diam., reddish orange glandular-scaly and sparsely softly spiny, spines subulate, ca. 4 mm, sparsely stellate-pilosulose and glandular-scaly. Seeds subglobose, ca. 4 mm in diam., brown or black, verrucate. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug.
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A shrub. It grows 2-4 m tall. The small branches are dull brown and covered with hairs. The leaves are oval or round and 8-20 cm long by 5-15 cm wide. They have hairs underneath. The fruit is a reddish-orange capsule. The seeds are brown and warty.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on the edges of forests between 100-600 m above sea level in E China.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses construction environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Cancer(Stomach) (unspecified), Hyperacidity (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Gastric-Ulcer (unspecified), Wound healing (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Leaf

Mallotus japonicus leaf picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Mallotus japonicus flower picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Mallotus japonicus world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:351579-1
WFO ID wfo-0000234575
COL ID 3XPXM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Mallotus japonicus Rottlera japonica Croton japonicus Mallotus japonicus var. angustatus Mallotus japonicus var. ochraceoalbidus Mallotus nepalensis var. ochraceoalbidus Mallotus oreophilus var. ochraceoalbidus Mallotus japonicus var. japonicus