WorldFloraDB - Olax acuminata

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 5 m tall. The branches do not have thorns. They are yellow. The leaf stalk is 3-7 mm long. The leaf blade is oblong to sword shaped and 6-10 cm long by 2.5-3.5 cm wide. It is papery. It is rounded or wedge shaped at the base and tapers to the tip. There are 9-11 veins. The flower racemes are in the axils of leaves. They are 1-1.5 cm long. There are 3-8 flowers. There are 3 yellow petals. The fruit is fleshy with a hard covering over the seed. It is oval and covered half way by the calyx. It is 1.5-1.8 cm across and orange.

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Shrubs, to 5 m tall. Branchlets yellow. Petiole 3-7 mm; leaf blade oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 6-10 × 2.5-3.5 cm, papery, glabrous, base cuneate to rounded, apex acuminate; secondary veins 9-11 on each side of midvein. Inflorescences unbranched, 1-1.5 cm, 3-8-flowered; peduncle 4-6 mm. Pedicel 2-3 mm. Calyx small, truncate, Petals yellowish, 3-4 mm, oblong-lanceolate. Drupe orange, ellipsoid to ovoid, basal 1/2 covered by accrescent calyx, 1.5-1.8 cm in diam. Fl. and fr. Mar-Sep.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

parasite

Foliage retention

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Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

5.0

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

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Fruit color

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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

A tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in the rainforest below 500 m altitude in S China. It occurs in Yunnan.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten with fish and meat. They are eaten in curry. They probably should not be eaten in large amounts.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	leaves
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Mode	seedlings
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927856-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001087339
COL ID	492K5
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Olax acuminata

WorldFloraDB 2024

Olax acuminata Wall. ex Benth.

Species