Characteristics
A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves are 7-10 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The leaves are broadly sword shaped and taper to the tip. The flowers are small and greenish in dense clusters in the axils of leaves. The fruit is small and oval. They are black.
| Life form |
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| Growth form |
tree
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
evergreen
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| Sexuality |
-
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
5.0
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
rhizobia
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
It is a temperate plant. In Pakistan it grows up to 900 m altitude. In the Indian Himalayas it grows in exposed places between 600-1,400 m above sea level.
| Light |
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The fruit are made into jam.
Cultivation
| Mode |
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| Germination duration (days) |
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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