Viburnum furcatum Blume ex Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Viburnaceae > Viburnum

Characteristics

A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 3.5 m tall. The leaves are oval and bronze-green. They turn red in autumn. The flower heads are white. The fruit are black.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 3.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in damp woods and in scrub in mountains in Japan. It needs an acid or neutral soil. It can grow in very acid soils. It is hardy to zone 6. Arboretum Tasmania.
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Damp woods and scrub in mountains all over Japan. Montane Fagus forests and also subalpine coniferous forests; at elevations from 50-2,700 metres.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-5
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked.
Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds. Seeds can take 18 months to germinate. It is possible to grow from cuttings.
Mode cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -25
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Viburnum furcatum world distribution map, present in Japan and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149696-1
WFO ID wfo-0000421069
COL ID 5BC87
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Viburnum furcatum