Rubia filiformis F.C.How ex H.S.Lo

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Rubia

Characteristics

Vines, herbaceous, to 2-3 m tall; stems quadrangular or narrowly 4-winged, glabrous or subglabrous, retrorsely aculeolate on angles. Leaves opposite; petiole (2-)3-15(-25) mm; blade drying thinly leathery or papery, ovate or rarely ovate-lanceolate, 2-9 × 1-4.5 cm, both surfaces glabrous and smooth or sparsely aculeolate along veins, base rounded, subcordate, or obtuse, margins entire and smooth, apex acute to acuminate; principal veins 3 or 5(or 7), palmate, adaxially impressed; stipules ovate, ca. 5 mm, usually caducous. Inflorescences thyrsoid, paniculiform, with terminal and axillary, many-flowered cymes and slender, subfiliform, smooth and glabrous axes. Flowers unknown. Fruiting pedicels 7-14 mm; mericarp berries black, 4-5 mm in diam. Fr. in late winter.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 3.0
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Rubia filiformis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1008541-1
WFO ID wfo-0000298472
COL ID 4THYF
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Synonyms

Rubia filiformis