WorldFloraDB - Rhynchotechum vestitum

Characteristics

Stems (0.2-)1-2 m, basally glabrescent, creamy yellow hirsute. Leaves opposite; petiole (1-)2-4.5(-6.5) cm, densely spreading yellowish hirsute; leaf blade ovate to elliptic or obovate, 13-28.5 X 5.4-12 cm, sericeous to hirsute, persistent, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin denticulate, apex acuminate to abruptly acuminate. Cymes (3-)5-15-flowered; peduncle 0.8-1.5(-2.4) cm, densely spreading yellowish hirsute; bracts 4-7 mm. Pedicel 4-13 mm. Calyx segments narrowly triangular to narrowly lanceolate, 4-5 mm, outside spreading hirsute, inside spreading hirsute near apex. Corolla reddish, ca. 6 mm; tube 1.5-2 mm; adaxial lip ca. 2.5 mm; abaxial lip ca. 4 mm. Stamens adnate to corolla near base, ca. 1.6 mm; staminode ca. 0.3 mm. Pistil ca. 5.5 mm, glandular; ovary ca. 1 mm. Berry white, 3-5 mm, glabrescent. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Oct-Nov.

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A small shrub. The stems are 1-2 m high. The base of the stems is smooth and creamy yellow. The leaves are opposite. The leaf stalk is 2-4.5 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 13-28.5 cm long by 54.-12 cm wide. It has a rough surface. There are teeth along the edge. It tapers to the tip. There are 5-15 flowers in the flowering cluster. The flower stalk is 0.8-1.5 cm long. The flowers are red. The fruit is a white berry 305 mm long.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

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Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Root system

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Flower color

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It grows in shaded forests near streams between 800-1300 m altitude in China. In Yunnan.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves are cooked as a vegetable mixed with sodium bicarbonate.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Hepatitis (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:382513-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001065109
COL ID	4STVC
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Corysanthera vestita Rhynchotechum vestitum

WorldFloraDB 2024

Rhynchotechum vestitum Wall. ex C.B.Clarke

Species