WorldFloraDB - Nitraria roborowskii

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 1-2 m all. It can lie along the ground or be erect. The young branches are white. The sterile branches are spiny at the tip. The leaves are in clusters of 2 or 3 on the current year's growth. The leaf blade is oblong or spoon shaped. It is 3-4 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. The edge can be wavy with some teeth near the tip. There are only a few flowers. The fruit are dark red and oval. They are about 1.5 cm long by 1 cm wide.

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Shrubs 1-2 m tall, prostrate to erect. Young branches white, sterile branches spiny at apex. Leaves in clusters of 2 or 3 on current year branchlets; leaf blade oblong-spatulate to obovate, 2.5-4 × 0.7-2 cm, margin entire or irregularly 2-or 3-dentate at apex, apex rounded, obtuse, or truncate. Flowers sparse. Fruit dark red, ovoid, 1.2-1.8 × 0.8-1.5 cm; mesocarp purplish black. Stone narrowly ovoid, 8-10 × 3-4 mm. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul-Aug.

Life form

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Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

1.0 - 2.0

Root system

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Flower color

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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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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on the edges of lakes and near oasis in the desert. It grows below 3,300 m altitude in northern China. It can grow in arid places.

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Usage

The fruit can be eaten. The juice is used for drinks.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	fruits
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873340-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001243819
COL ID	47JVK
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Nitraria roborowskii Nitraria praevisa Nitraria schoberi var. roborowskii

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