Nertera nigricarpa Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Nertera

Characteristics

Creeping herbs; stems quadrate, glabrous. Petiole 1-8 mm, glabrous; leaf blade drying papery, broadly ovate or ovate-reniform, 0.25-1 × 0.3-1.1 cm, glabrous, generally smooth abaxially, base rounded to truncate or cordulate then abruptly attenuate, apex obtuse to broadly rounded; secondary veins 2 or 3; stipules broadly triangular, 1-1.3 mm, glabrous, acute and often glandular. Flowers sessile. Calyx glabrous; ovary portion ovoid, ca. 1 mm; limb truncate to denticulate, 0.1-0.2 mm. Corolla probably pale green, urceolate-funnelform, glabrous; tube ca. 1 mm; lobes triangular, ca. 0.4 mm. Drupes black, ellipsoid to subglobose, 4-4.5 in diam., glabrous; pyrenes 2. Fl. Feb-Jul, fr. Mar-Jan.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
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Distribution

Nertera nigricarpa world distribution map, present in China, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:757489-1
WFO ID wfo-0000251618
COL ID 7495W
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Nertera nigricarpa Coprosma nigricarpa