WorldFloraDB - Turpinia simplicifolia

Characteristics

Small trees or shrubs, 3-7(-10) m tall; branches brown or gray-brown when dry. Leaves simple; petiole 1.5-5.5 cm, base greatly swollen; leaf blade oblong to oblong-elliptic, 9-18 × 3.5-7 cm, thinly leathery, adaxially yellowish green and lustrous when dry, lateral veins 12-14 pairs, conspicuous on both sides, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margin crenulate with teeth relatively hard in texture, apex abruptly acuminate, cusp to 1-1.5 cm. Paniculate cyme 7-12 cm. Flowers small, ca. 3 mm in diam. Sepals white, oval, 1-1.5 mm, ciliate. Petals white or yellow, elliptic, ca. 2 mm. Stamens slightly shorter than petals; filaments flat; anthers ovoid. Ovary 3-locular; ovules 2 per locule. Berry light green, subglobose, 5-10 mm in diam., surface of exocarp coarse, apex with 3 concave slits. Seeds nearly globose, 3-5 mm in diam., light yellow. Fl. Mar-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.

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Tree up to 4 m. Leaves simple, lanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, glabrous, acuminate, decurrent at the base, slightly dentate, 10-15 by 3.5-6 cm; petiole up to 4 cm long, glabrous. Stipules small, glabrous, 2-3 mm long. Panicles axillary, up to 18 cm long. Sepals elliptic, rounded, scarcely ciliate, c. 2.5 mm long. Petals oblong-elliptic, ciliate, 2.5-3 mm long. Stamens c. 2.5 mm long; filaments 2 mm. Ovary 3-celled, each cell with 2 ovules. Fruit globular, c. 8 cm diam., without style-horns; pericarp very thin, 0.1-0.2 mm thick.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

3.5 - 5.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

In forests.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
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Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:821970-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001276800
COL ID	59Q73
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Turpinia unifoliata Turpinia simplicifolia Turpinia simplicifolia var. simplicifolia Turpinia simplicifolia var. longipes

WorldFloraDB 2024

Turpinia simplicifolia Merr.

Species