Prunus campanulata Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Prunus

Characteristics

Deciduous, small, spreading tree, 3-8 m high when mature (narrow in outline with ± erect branches when young), not armed; trunk short. Lf petiole 12-20 mm long, glabrous; blade thin, obovate to broadly elliptic, (50)-60-130-(170) × 20-60-(90) mm, cuspidate, rounded or occasionally obtuse at base, with both surfaces glabrous with major veins obvious, serrulate with teeth acute; stipules short, triangular, laciniate, deciduous. Fls in umbel-like clusters of (1)-2-3-(5), on very short shoots which elongate after anthesis, not fragrant, pendent; pedicels (8)-12-25 mm long, glabrous. Hypanthium narrowly campanulate; sepals triangular, 3-6 mm long, acute, magenta to dark deep red, glabrous, shining, at first erect but becoming spreading or reflexed. Petals 5, (5)-6-12 mm diam., the lower parts remaining semi-erect and corolla appearing ± campanulate; upper portion eventually spreading, ± broadly elliptic-ovate to orbicular, narrowly emarginate, deep pink to rose-magenta. Stamens slightly < to just > corolla; filaments flushed magenta to crimson. Fr. up to 12 × 10 mm, ovoid, ellipsoid or ovoid-oblong, glabrous, glossy scarlet; stone smooth.
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A small tree. It grows 9 m high and spreads 8 m wide. The leaves are large and have double teeth. The flowers are pink to red. They hang in clusters. The flowers open before the leaves appear. The fruit are small and purple-black.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 7.5
Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 7.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In southern China it grows on the edges of forests between 100-1,300 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 7-10. Arboretum Tasmania. Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens.
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Forests in ravines, forest margins; at elevations from 100-1,300 metres.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses construction dye environmental use gene source medicinal wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Calculi (seed), Kidney calculi (seed), Urinary bladder calculi (seed), Antipyretics (stem), Leprosy (stem), Vitiligo (stem), Vomiting (stem), Cooling effect on body (stem), Burn (unspecified), Gravel (unspecified), Religion (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Analgesics (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Graves ophthalmopathy (unspecified), Hallucinations (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Heart diseases (unspecified), Hiccup (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Menstruation-inducing agents (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Pain (unspecified), Sprains and strains (unspecified), Ulcer (unspecified), Vomiting (unspecified), Wound healing (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Asthma (wood), Erysipelas (wood), Hallucinations (wood), Leprosy (wood)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Prunus campanulata unspecified picture

Distribution

Prunus campanulata world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Myanmar, New Zealand, Thailand, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:729533-1
WFO ID wfo-0000985845
COL ID 4N8Q9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cerasus campanulata Prunus cerasoides Prunus pendula Prunus campanulata