Sarcococca ruscifolia Stapf

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs, 1-4 m tall, densely ramified; young branches densely or slightly pubescent; main root and developed fibrous roots present. Petiole 3-6 mm; leaf blade usually ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 3.5-5.5 × 1-2.5 cm, variable in shape and size, sometimes elliptic-ovate, lanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate, smaller 2-3 × 0.7-1.2 cm, narrower 4-7 × 0.7-1.4 cm, larger 6-7 × 2.5-3 cm, thinly leathery, lucid green adaxially, light green abaxially, base cuneate or rounded, apex acute or acuminate; midrib elevated adaxially, puberulent near base, basal lateral veins a pair to triplinerved. Inflorescences short racemes, 1-2 cm; rachis puberulent; bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Flowers white, fragrant. Male flowers 2-7, inserted on major part of rachis; male flowers in basal part pedicellate, pedicels ca. 2 mm, bracteoles 2, ovate, 1-2 mm; male flowers in apical part subsessile, sometimes ebracteolate; tepals usually 4, rarely 3 or 5, ca. 3 mm, outer tepals ovate, acuminate, inner tepals broadly elliptic or broadly ovate, rounded, mucronate; stamens ca. 7 mm. Female flowers 2-5, inserted in basal part of rachis, flower and pedicel 6-8 mm; bracteoles several, imbricate, narrowly ovate; tepals 1.5-2 mm. Capsule globose, 7-8 mm in diam., scarlet or black-brown; persistent styles 2 or 3, ca. 2 mm. Fl. and fr. Oct-Feb.
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
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 3-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

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
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Sarcococca ruscifolia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128728-1
WFO ID wfo-0000439231
COL ID 6XLPH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sarcococca pauciflora Sarcococca ruscifolia