Psydrax dicoccos Gaertn.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Psydrax

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 15 m tall. The branches are compressed or 4 sided. The leaves are oval and 4-10 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowers are greenish-white or pale yellow and funnel shaped. The fruit are oval and 8-10 mm across by 6-8 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 12.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen and moist deciduous forest between 100-600 m in southern China. It can grow up to 1,900 m above sea level in more tropical places. It is often near streams. In Yunnan.
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Sparse forests or thickets at low to middle elevations, broad-leaved forests; at elevations from 100-600 metres in southern China. Lowland wet evergreen forest338.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Uses animal food environmental use fuel material medicinal poison wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Abdominal pain (bark), Anthelmintics (bark), Antiprotozoal agents (bark), Antipyretics (bark), Fever (bark), Fractures, bone (bark), Abdominal pain (leaf), Gastrointestinal diseases (leaf), Abdominal pain (root), Diarrhea (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Psydrax dicoccos unspecified picture

Distribution

Psydrax dicoccos world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Psydrax dicoccos threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:763837-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288153
COL ID 4PR9X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Psydrax dicoccos Vangueria dicocca Vangueria lucidula Canthium lucidulum Canthium dicoccum Plectronia dicocca Canthium dicoccum var. abbreviatum Canthium dicoccum var. impolitum Polyozus bipinnata

Lower taxons

Psydrax dicoccos var. lanceolata Psydrax dicoccos var. dicoccos Psydrax dicoccos var. obovatifolia