Photinia bodinieri H.Lév.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Photinia

Characteristics

Trees evergreen, 6–15 m tall. Branchlets yellowish brown when young, gray when old, sparsely appressed pubescent when young, glabrous when old. Petiole (0.8–)1–1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade oblong, elliptic or obovate to oblanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 5–10(–15) × (1.5–)2–5 cm, veins 10–16(–20) pairs, both surfaces glabrous or initially slightly pubescent along veins, glabrescent, base cuneate, margin serrate, apex acute to acuminate. Compound corymbs terminal, compact, 5–8 × 5–10 cm, many flowered; rachis and pedicels appressed pubescent; bracts caducous, lanceolate or linear, 2–4 mm, pubescent. Pedicel 5–7 mm. Flowers 1–1.2 cm in diam. Hypanthium cupular, abaxially sparsely appressed pubescent. Sepals broadly triangular, 1–2 mm, apex acute or obtuse. Petals white, suborbicular, 3–4 mm in diam., glabrous, shortly clawed, apex obtuse or emarginate. Stamens 20, shorter than petals. Styles 2 or 3, connate from base to middle, white villous basally. Fruit yellowish red, globose or ovoid, 7–10 mm in diam., glabrous; seeds 2–4, brown, ovoid, 4–5 mm. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Sep–Oct.
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A small tree. It grows 3-15 m tall. The leaves are broadly sword shaped. They are 9-12 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowers are white.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forest margins, thickets, valleys and rocky slopes at elevations of 300-1,000 metres in China.
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Forest margins, thickets, valleys and rocky slopes at elevations of 300-1000 metres.
It is a tropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Erectile dysfunction (leaf), Headache (leaf), Kidney diseases (leaf)
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°) -5
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

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Distribution

Photinia bodinieri world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:727348-1
WFO ID wfo-0000990471
COL ID 8SZRH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hiptage esquirolii Photinia bodinieri Photinia davidsoniae Hiptage esquirolii Photinia bodinieri var. bodinieri