WorldFloraDB - Phellodendron chinense

Characteristics

Trees to 15 m tall. Leaves 7-15-foliolate; rachis glabrous, thinly pubescent, or rust-colored tomentose; leaflet blades ovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 8-15 × 3.5-6 cm, papery, base cuneate to attenuate and oblique, apex mucronate to acuminate. Inflorescences and infructescence ± compact, rachis, branches, and pedicels robust. Fruit subglobose to ellipsoid, 1-1.5 cm in diam. Seeds 6-7 × 3-5 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Sep-Nov.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

10.0

Mature height (meter)

10.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

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

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Mixed broad-leaved forests, open to dense forests; usually at elevations from 800-1,500 metres, occasionally to 3,000 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	dye medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Antiphlogistic (unspecified), Bitter-Principle (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-20
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-