Sarcococca hookeriana Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Buxales > Buxaceae > Sarcococca

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, up to 3 m tall; young branches longitudinally ribbed, pubescent. Petiole slender, 6-8 mm; leaf blade lanceolate, oblanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate, rarely elliptic or elliptic-oblong, (3-)5-8(-11) × (0.7-)1.3-1.8(-3) cm, deep green adaxially, puberulent along midrib, base attenuate, apex acuminate or acute; midrib impressed or plane adaxially, elevated abaxially, lateral veins pinnate, obscure on both surfaces. Inflorescences racemes, ca. 1 cm; rachis puberulent; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, apex subulate-apiculate, puberulent abaxially. Male flowers 5-8, inserted in apical part of rachis, shortly pedicellate or sessile, ebracteolate or 2 bracteoles on basal flowers; tepals 4, inner tepals broadly elliptic or suborbicular, 3-3.5 mm, outer tepals shorter, puberulent abaxially. Female flowers 1 or 2, inserted on base of rachis, flower and pedicel 6-7 mm; bracteoles several, ovate, imbricate; tepals similar to bracteoles, ca. 2 mm. Fruit globose, capsule black or blue-black; persistent styles 2 or 3, ca. 2 mm, erect, apices recurved.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.25
Root system -
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 3-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Sarcococca hookeriana world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:355988-1
WFO ID wfo-0000733925
COL ID 6XLZK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sarcococca hookeriana