Biology:Debregeasia orientalis
| Debregeasia orientalis | |
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| Female flowers of Debregeasia orientalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Debregeasia |
| Species: | D. orientalis
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| Debregeasia orientalis C. J. Chen
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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.[1]
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.[2]
Gallery
Shrub of Debregeasia orientalis
Fruits of Debregeasia orientalis
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.
References
- ↑ Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994 Flora of China
- ↑ "GRIN Germplasm Resources Information Network". http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?465484.
- 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q11130826 entry
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