Paliurus ramosissimus Poir.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Paliurus

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, deciduous, to 6 m tall. Branchlets brown or deep brown, pubescent, rarely glabrous. Stipular spines erect, 4-17 mm, 2 per node; petiole 5-9 mm, pubescent; leaf blade broadly ovate or ovate-elliptic, 3-5.5(-7) × 2.2-5 cm, papery, abaxially yellowish to brownish pubescent on major veins, adaxially mostly glabrous, distinctly 3-veined from base, base broadly cuneate, cuneate, or subrounded, symmetric to slightly oblique, margin obtusely serrate or serrulate, rarely subentire, apex obtuse, rounded, or slightly retuse. Flowers in axillary cymes. Calyx tube shallowly cup-shaped; sepals broadly ovate, ca. 2 × 1.6-1.8 mm. Petals spatulate, shorter than sepals, 1.5-1.6 × ca. 1 mm. Stamens ca. as long as petals or slightly longer. Disk orbicular, margin 5-or 10-lobed. Ovary 3-loculed; style 3-fid. Drupe cup-shaped, 1.1-1.5 cm in diam., densely yellow-brown pubescent, base conical, apex flat to slightly mucronate; wing apically inserted, 7-8 mm, comparatively thick, margin distinctly 3-partite; fruiting pedicel brownish pubescent. Seeds purple-red or red-brown, shiny, oblate. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
Root system -
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Roadsides and riverbanks; at elevations up to 2,000 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal oil timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Neuralgia (unspecified), Shampoo (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Stitch (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Virility (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Paliurus ramosissimus world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:717703-1
WFO ID wfo-0001131369
COL ID 6TJPY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ziziphus aubletii Aubletia ramosissima Ziziphus ramosissima Paliurus ramosissimus Paliurus aubletia