WorldFloraDB - Micromelum integerrimum

Characteristics

Trees 6-8 m tall. Bark gray, smooth. Leaves 7-15-foliolate or 5-11-foliolate; petiolules 2-5 mm; leaflet blades alternate to subopposite, elliptic, lanceolate, or ovate, inequilateral, both surfaces dark green, margin entire, apex acuminate. Flower buds pale green, oblong. Calyx lobes ca. 1 mm. Petals pale yellow, 5-10 mm, outside densely pubescent. Disk columnar. Stigma capitate. Fruit ellipsoid to obovoid, 1-1.5 × 0.6-1.2 cm, 1-or 2-seeded. Seed coat membranous. Fl. Feb-Apr, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 18.

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A small evergreen tree. It grows 6-8 m tall. The bark is grey and smooth. The leaves have 7-15 leaflets. The leaflets are narrowly oval and unequal. The flower petals are yellow. The fruit is oval and 1-2 cm long by 1 cm wide. They are orange. There are 1 or 2 seeds.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Mature height (meter)

7.0 - 8.0

Root system

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Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

Fruiting months

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

Nitrogen fixer

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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist mountain forests and in sandy soil near the sea between sea level to 2,000 m above sea level. In Yunnan.

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Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Chest pain (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Tuberculosis, pulmonary (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (whole plant)
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Cultivation

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