Rhamnus parvifolia Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Rhamnus

Characteristics

Shrubs dioecious, 1.5-2 m tall, spinose, much branched. Branchlets opposite or subopposite, purple-brown, puberulent when young, later glabrescent, slightly shiny, silvery-gray, terminating in a spine; buds ovoid, ca. 2 mm, scales few, yellow-brown. Leaves opposite or subopposite, rarely alternate, or fascicled on short shoots; stipules subulate, puberulent; petiole 4-15 mm, adaxially puberulent; leaf blade abaxially greenish, gray-white when dry, adaxially dark green, rhombic-obovate or rhombic-elliptic, rarely obovate-orbicular or suborbicular, 1.2-4 × 0.8-2(-3) cm, papery, abaxially glabrous or sparsely puberulent in areoles of vein axils, adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent, lateral veins 2-4 pairs, prominent on both surfaces, base cuneate or subrounded, margin crenate-dentate, apex obtuse or subrounded, rarely acute. Flowers yellow-green, unisexual, 4-merous, usually few clustered on short shoots. Pedicels 4-6 mm, glabrous. Female flowers: style 2-cleft to half. Drupe nearly dry, black at maturity, obovoid-globose, 4-5 mm in diam., with 2 stones, with persistent calyx tube at base. Seeds brown, oblong-obovoid, abaxially with a yellow margined lateral furrow extending over 4/5 of length. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.65 - 1.9
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Thickets, grasslands, stony slopes, on open shiny rocks; at elevations from 400-2,300 metres. Bare, exposed, rocky slopes.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses construction dye oil wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Rhamnus parvifolia world distribution map, present in China, Liberia, Mongolia, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Thailand, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:718548-1
WFO ID wfo-0001131293
COL ID 4S28L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhamnus parvifolia Rhamnus polymorpha Rhamnus tumetica Rhamnus oiwakensis Rhamnus globosa var. ziziphifolia Rhamnus parvifolia var. tumetica