Skimmia japonica Thunb.

Japanese skimmia (en), Skimmia du Japon (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Skimmia

Characteristics

A perennial dioecious evergreen shrub. It grows 1.75-2.25m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 2.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Woods, sometimes as an epiphyte on old Cryptomeria spp trees, in C. and S. Japan.
Light 1-7
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible stems
Therapeutic use Atrophy (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Restorative (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Palsy (unspecified), Cachexia (unspecified)
Human toxicity weak toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 19 - 94
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Skimmia japonica unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775237-1
WFO ID wfo-0000504235
COL ID 6Z3Y4
BDTFX ID 59002
INPN ID 123984
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Skimmia japonica Skimmia veitchii Skimmia oblata Skimmia rugosa Ilex skimmia Skimmia fragrantissima Skimmia fragrans Skimmia japonica var. japonica

Lower taxons

Skimmia japonica var. distincte-venulosa Skimmia japonica var. orthoclada Skimmia japonica var. arisanensis Skimmia japonica subsp. distincte-venulosa Skimmia japonica var. lutchuensis