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Debregeasia orientalis

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Species of flowering plant

Debregeasia orientalis
Female flowers of Debregeasia orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Debregeasia
Species: D. orientalis
Binomial name
Debregeasia orientalis
C. J. Chen
Synonyms
  • Debregeasia edulis Sieb. & Zucc.
  • Boehmeria janatsi-itsigo Sieb.
  • Debregeasia japonica (Miq.) Koidz.
  • Missiessya parvifolia Wedd.
  • Morocarpus edulis Sieb. & Zucc.
  • Morocarpus japonicus Miq.

Debregeasia orientalis, common name yanagi ichigo, is a large shrub belonging to the family Urticaceae.

Description

Debregeasia orientalis can reach a height of 1–4 metres (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in). Branchlets are dark reddish and slender. Leaves are dark green, alternate, oblong- to linear-lanceolate, with dark reddish petioles. Inflorescences show many globose glomerules, 3–5 mm in diameter. The fruits are edible and can be used to make wine.

Distribution

This species is native to Bhutan, north-eastern India, Nepal, China, Taiwan and Japan. It prefers shaded, wet places in mountain valleys, at an elevation of 300–2,800 metres (980–9,190 ft) above sea level.

Gallery

  • Shrub of Debregeasia orientalis Shrub of Debregeasia orientalis
  • Fruits of Debregeasia orientalis Fruits of Debregeasia orientalis
  • Growing often at the water's edge, in Lijiang of Yunnan province, China. Growing often at the water's edge, in Lijiang of Yunnan province, China.
  • The color of the back of the leaf, in Lijiang of Yunnan province, China. The color of the back of the leaf, in Lijiang of Yunnan province, China.

References

  1. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994 Flora of China
  2. "GRIN Germplasm Resources Information Network". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  • Chen, C.-C. 1991. A new species of Debregeasia (Urticaceae-Boehmerieae) from Asia and a new record of D. wallichiana for China. Novon 1:56–57.
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993 –. Flora of Japan.

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Debregeasia orientalis


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