Photinia parvifolia C.K.Schneid.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Photinia

Characteristics

Shrubs deciduous, 1–3 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown, blackish blown when old, slender, glabrous, with scattered oblong or elliptic yellow lenticels; buds ovoid, 3–4 mm, apex acute. Petiole 1–2 mm, glabrous; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or elliptic-ovate to rhombic-ovate, 4–8 × 1–3.5 cm, veins 6–9 pairs, somewhat raised abaxially, both surfaces glabrous or slightly puberulous when young, base cuneate to subrounded, margin sharply serrate, apex acuminate or caudate. Inflorescences umbellate or simple corymbose, terminating lateral branchlets, several to slightly more than 10-flowered, nearly without peduncle; bracts caducous, subulate. Pedicel 1–2.5(–3.2) cm, slender, glabrous or sparsely villous; lenticellate. Flowers 0.5–1.5 cm in diam. Hypanthium cupular, 2–3 mm in diam., abaxially glabrous or sparsely villous. Sepals ovate, 1–1.5 mm, apex acute. Petals white, orbicular, 4–5 mm in diam., adaxially sparsely villous basally, base very shortly clawed, apex obtuse. Stamens 20, shorter than petals. Ovary densely villous apically; styles 2 or 3, connate nearly to middle. Fruit orangish red or purple, ellipsoid or ovoid, 9–12 × 5–7 mm, glabrous; sepals erect; seeds ovoid; fruiting pedicels 1–2.5 cm, with dense lenticels. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Jul–Aug.
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A shrub. It grows 1-3 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. Young branches are reddish brown. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-8 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. There are several flowers in a group at the ends of branches. The petals are white. The fruit are orange red to purple and oval. They are 9-12 mm long by 5-7 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 3.0
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate and subtropical plant. It grows in mountain valleys and rocky slopes between 300-2,500 m above sea level in southern China. In Sichuan.
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Thickets in W. Hupeh. Hills, mountain valleys, rocky slopes, fields, forests and thickets at elevations of 300-2500 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-7

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
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°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Photinia parvifolia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:727431-1
WFO ID wfo-0000990612
COL ID 7WLV7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Photinia parvifolia Pourthiaea parvifolia Pourthiaea laevis var. parvifolia Photinia parvifolia var. parvifolia