Aidia racemosa

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Aidia racemosa
Herbarium of Aidia racemosa

Herbarium of Aidia racemosa

Systematics
Euasterids I
Order : Enzianartige (Gentianales)
Family : Red family (Rubiaceae)
Subfamily : Ixoroideae
Genre : Aidia (genus)
Type : Aidia racemosa
Scientific name
Aidia racemosa
( Cav. ) Tirveng.

Aidia racemosa is a species of plant in the red family from Southeast Asia and northern to western Australia .

description

Aidia racemosa grows as an evergreen , fast-growing shrub or tree to over 15 (25) meters high.

The short-stalked, thin-leather, simple leaves are bare and often opposite, but sometimes a leaf is missing, especially on the inflorescences. The short petiole is 5–6 millimeters long. The 7-12 centimeters long and up to 4 centimeters wide, pointed to acuminate, entire-margined, ovate, lanceolate to elliptical or obovate-lanceolate leaves are dark green, glossy on the top and light green on the underside. The yellowish nerve is pinnate, often alternating. The small, triangular, short-fused and interpetiolaren stipules are often sloping.

(Pseudo) axillary, zymous, almost bald and short, little to multi-flowered inflorescences are formed. There are small bracts . The small, whitish, strongly scented and usually five-fold, hermaphroditic flowers with a double flower envelope are short-stalked. The cup-shaped, very small flower cup is almost bare, with very small calyx teeth. The corolla is fused into a short corolla tube with hairy throat, with somewhat longer, 5-6 millimeter long, sweeping tips. The stamens with very short stamens and long, elongated anthers sit at the top of the corolla tube. The ovary with a thickish stylus with lobe-shaped, long and fluted scar is inferior.

Small, up to 8-10 millimeters large and multi-seeded, red, ellipsoidal to ovate or obovate, smooth berries ( false fruit ) with calyx remains at the tip are formed. The seeds are up to 10 small and 2 millimeters in size and are hard.

Occurrence

Aidia racemosa occurs from Thailand to Taiwan and to the islands in the western Pacific.

use

The sweet and sour fruits are edible.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Aidia racemosa. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 2, 2020.

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