WorldFloraDB - Margyricarpus pinnatus

Characteristics

An evergreen shrub. It is spreading. It can be 60 cm high. It is densely branching. The stems interweave. The leaves are bright green and like needles. They divided into leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are 18 mm long. The leaves are closely packed in rings. The flowers are small and green. The fruit are white and they can have purple tints.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.3

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a warm temperate to subtropical plant. It is native to the Andes in Chile. It is hardy to light frosts. It will grow in most well drained soils. It can grow in sun or part shade. It suffers with prolonged wet conditions. It grows on arid hills in Brazil. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 3,000 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 9-10.

More

Sterile and arid lands, mainly in the coastal zone of Chile. Grassland and coastal forest in southern Brazil.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	fruits seeds
Therapeutic use	Diuretic (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It can be grown by seed, cuttings or layering.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-7
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-