WorldFloraDB - Vallaris solanacea

Characteristics

Shrubs climbing, often twining, to 10 m. Bark dirty whitish gray; flowering branchlets, slender, grayish pubescent. Petiole 0.2-2 cm; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly so, 2-15 X 0.8-6 cm, densely pubescent on both surfaces, base cuneate or rounded; lateral veins 5-12 pairs. Cymes di-or trichasial; peduncle 0.5-3 cm. Flowers fragrant; pedicel 0.5-2.5 cm. Sepals ovate or narrowly elliptic, 2-7 mm. Corolla white or pale yellow, limb 1.4-2.5 cm in diam., tube 5-10 mm, lobes rounded at apex. Staminal glands yellow, globose; disc shorter than ovary, apex pilose. Follicles oblong, 8-14 X 1.5-3.5 cm. Seeds ellipsoid, 9-10 mm, coma 3-4 cm. Fl. Mar-Jul. 2n = 22.

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A large twining shrub or tree. It grows 10 m long. The bark is smooth and it has a yellowish-white covering. The stems have milky sap. The leaves are 5-12 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. They are sword shaped. The groups of flowers are in the axils of leaves. The flowers are white and have a scent. The fruit is 10-15 cm long by 3-5 cm wide.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

10.0

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

A tropical plant. In southern China it grows in forest thickets and along streams from sea level to 2,700 m above sea level.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The flowers and fruit are edible.

Uses	food material medicinal
Edible	flowers fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use	Astringents (bark), Wounds and injuries (plant exudate), Astringents (root), Cathartics (root), Angina pectoris, variant (seed), Astringent (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Dentifrice (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Gingivitis (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Mode	seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82660-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000330951
COL ID	7FBSY
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	630860
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Synonyms

Peltanthera solanacea Vallaris assamensis Vallaris dichotoma Echites dichotomus Vallaris heynii Vallaris solanacea Vallaris solanacea

WorldFloraDB 2024

Vallaris solanacea Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Vallaris