Rhodamnia dumetorum (Dc.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Rhodamnia

Characteristics

Trees, to 15 m tall. Branchlets terete, with grayish short trichomes; old branches brown, glabrescent. Petiole 5-10 mm, pubescent; leaf blade lanceolate, narrowly elliptic, or ovate, 4-10 × 2.5-3.5, leathery, abaxially grayish white or white tomentose and glabrescent or not, adaxially tomentose but glabrescent, secondary veins 1 on each side of midvein, originating 3-4 mm from leaf blade base, and meeting at apex, intramarginal veins near margin, tertiary veins thin, ± parallel, and obvious from both surfaces, base obtuse to nearly rounded, apex acuminate to acute. Inflorescences axillary or subapical, 1-3-flowered or sometimes several-flowered; peduncle ca. 1 cm. Flower buds pyriform ca. 7 × 3.5 mm. Hypanthium ovoid, ca. 4 mm, white tomentose. Calyx lobes ovate, 1.5-2 mm, pubescent. Petals white, obovate, ca. 6 mm, outside with white trichomes. Stamens yellow, many, 4-5 mm. Berry ca. 8 × 6 mm, pubescent. Fl. Jun-Jul.
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A shrub or tree. It grows 4-15 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-10 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. They are white underneath. Flowers are in groups of 1 to 3. The petals are white. The fruit is a berry 8 mm long by 6 mm wide. They are hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 15.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant of secondary forests. In southern China it grows in broad-leaved evergreen forests and low elevations and up to 60  above sea level.
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten.
Uses material wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Rhodamnia dumetorum world distribution map, present in China, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:601114-1
WFO ID wfo-0000296296
COL ID 7977H
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Myrtus dumetorum Rhodamnia dumetorum Rhodamnia siamensis Nelitris trinervia Opanea trinervia Eugenia dumetorum Myrtus trinervia Rhodamnia dumetorum var. hainanensis Rhodamnia dumetorum var. dumetorum