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Viburnum lantana L.

Wayfaringtree (en), Mancienne (fr), Viorne Mancienne (fr), Viorne lantane (fr), Viorne mancienne (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Viburnaceae > Viburnum

Characteristics

A shrub or very small tree. It grows to 6 m high. The twigs are yellowish grey and mealy. They are very flexible. The leaves are opposite. The leaves are 5-12 cm long. They are oval and have white, silky, branched hairs underneath. The edges of the leaf have teeth. The flowers are white. They are all the same size. The fruit are red but turn black as they ripen. They occur in flat topped clusters.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open woodland and woodland edges, especially on calcareous soils. Along sunny edges and in open woody-shrubbly thickets, mainly in stony and rocky habitats, in mountains in forest belt especially in its upper zones and in subalpine belt.
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It is a temperate plant. It is hardy. It grows on chalk and limestone soils. It suits hardiness zones 3-6. At Anvers Chocolate factory. Arboretum Tasmania.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

CAUTION: The fruit are astringent. They are eaten very ripe and raw and also pressed for juice.
Uses environmental use material medicinal poison
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified)
Human toxicity toxic (leaf), toxic (bark)
Animal toxicity toxic (leaf), toxic (bark)

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed or by suckers. Cuttings can also be used.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Viburnum lantana habit picture by Alain Bigou (cc-by-sa)
Viburnum lantana habit picture by Cédric Jankowiak (cc-by-sa)
Viburnum lantana habit picture by Ziegler Hannes (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Viburnum lantana leaf picture by Caroline Bello (cc-by-sa)
Viburnum lantana leaf picture by Béatrice Parent (cc-by-sa)
Viburnum lantana leaf picture by Sergio Senosiain (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Viburnum lantana flower picture by Luki Life (cc-by-sa)
Viburnum lantana flower picture by GeJot (cc-by-sa)
Viburnum lantana flower picture by Lucie Detaeye Cizkova (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Viburnum lantana fruit picture by Élisabeth Garnier (cc-by-sa)
Viburnum lantana fruit picture by Marta Zia (cc-by-sa)
Viburnum lantana fruit picture by David (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Viburnum lantana world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, Spain, Estonia, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326265-2
WFO ID wfo-0000421166
COL ID 5BC9Y
BDTFX ID 71453
INPN ID 129083
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Viburnum farinosum Viburnum aragonense Viburnum maculatum Viburnum lantana Viburnum tomentosum Viburnum lantana var. europaeum
WorldFloraDB 2024