Schaefferia cuneifolia A.Gray

Desert yaupon (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Schaefferia

Characteristics

Shrubs 1–2 m. Stems: twigs ± spinescent; short shoots present. Leaves alternate or fascicled; petiole absent; blade cuneate-obovate to oblanceolate, 5–23 × 2–15 mm, base cuneate, apex broadly obtuse to shallowly emarginate. Pedicels (fruiting) 0–2 mm. Flowers: sepals 0.5 mm; petals oblong, 3 mm. Drupes orange to bright red, 3–5 mm. Seeds yellow.
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The fruit are red to orange. They let light through.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.3
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a warm temperate plant
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Venereal (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Distribution

Schaefferia cuneifolia world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162755-1
WFO ID wfo-0001292670
COL ID 4V5YV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mortonia aspera Schaefferia cuneifolia