Skimmia reevesiana R.Fortune

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Skimmia

Characteristics

Shrubs 1-2 m tall. Branches with hollow pith; bark pale grayish green, smooth, cracked when dry. Leaves clustered at branch apex, with a citrus-leaf odor; petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade elliptic, lanceolate, ovate, or oblanceolate, 5-12 × 1.5-4 cm, leathery, midvein adaxially puberulent, base cuneate, apex mucronate to obtuse or acuminate. Inflorescences puberulent, with condensed flowers. Flowers male, female, or bisexual, (3 or)4-or 5-merous, fragrant. Sepals rounded, 1-1.5 mm, margin ciliate. Petals yellowish white, 3-5 mm. Stamens (3 or)4 or 5. Male flowers: rudimentary ovary compressed globose, entire or shallowly 2-4-lobed, apex mucronate. Female flowers: ovary subglobose; style elongated; stigma capitate. Fruit red, globose to ellipsoid-obovoid, 0.8-1.5 cm, 2-4-seeded. Seeds compressed ovoid, 5-9 × 4-6 mm. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Sep-Nov. 2n = 60*.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.75 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 3-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Skimmia reevesiana world distribution map, present in China, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775249-1
WFO ID wfo-0001230851
COL ID 6YS9Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Skimmia intermedia Skimmia rubella Skimmia philippinensis Ilex reevesiana Skimmia arisanensis Skimmia reevesiana Skimmia fortunei Skimmia hainanensis Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana Skimmia japonica var. reevesiana