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| name = Idesia polycarpa
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| name = ''Idesia polycarpa''
 
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| image_caption = ''Idesia polycarpa'' leaves and fruit
 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
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| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
 
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
 
| familia = [[Salicaceae]] / [[Flacourtiaceae]]
 
| familia = [[Salicaceae]] / [[Flacourtiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Idesia]]''
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| genus = '''''Idesia'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Carl Maximowicz|Maxim.]]
 
| species = '''''I. polycarpa'''''
 
| species = '''''I. polycarpa'''''
 
| binomial = ''Idesia polycarpa''
 
| binomial = ''Idesia polycarpa''
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'''''Idesia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Salicaceae]] (formerly placed in the family [[Flacourtiaceae]]), comprising the single species '''''Idesia polycarpa'''''. It is native to eastern [[Asia]] in [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Korea]], and [[Taiwan]].<ref name=foc>Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200145 ''Idesia'' (genus page)], [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200014461 ''Idesia polycarpa'' (species page)]</ref>
  
'''Idesia polycarpa''' (Iigiri Tree) is a medium-large, [[deciduous]], [[Monoicous|dioecious]] tree generally reaching a height of 9-12 meters (30-40 feet). It is native to [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Korea]], and the [[Ryukyu Islands]].
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It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] reaching a height of 8-21 m, with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter with smooth greyish-green [[bark]]. The shoots are greyish-brown, stout, with a thick [[pith]] core. The [[leaf|leaves]] are large, heart-shaped, 8–20 cm long and 7–20 cm broad, with a red 4–30 cm [[petiole (botany)|petiole]] bearing two or more glands; the leaves are dark green above, glaucous below, and have a coarsely serrated margin. The [[flower]]s are small, yellowish green, fragrant, and born in [[panicle]]s 13–30 cm long. It is [[plant sexuality|dioecious]] with male and female flowers on separate trees; the male flowers are 12–16 mm diameter, the female flowers 9 mm diameter. The [[fruit]] is a [[berry]] 5–10 mm diameter, ripening orange to dark purple-red, containing several 2–3 mm brown [[seed]]s, and often persisting until the following spring.<ref name=foc/><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref>
  
The bark of ''I. polycarpa'' is a smooth gray.  The leaves are large and heart-shaped.  The fragrant flowers are small and born in [[panicle]]s.  The fruit is an orange [[berry]] 5 to 8 mm across which persist until the following spring.  It is edible either raw or cooked.<ref>Tanaka. T. Tanaka, "Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World" Keigaku Publishing 1976</ref>
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==Cultivation and uses==
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The fruit is edible either raw or cooked.<ref>Tanaka, T. (1976). ''Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World''. Keigaku Publishing.</ref>
  
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The species is occasionally grown as an [[ornamental tree]] in other temperate regions including Europe.<ref name=rushforth/>
  
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==References==
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{{reflist}}
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
Image:Idesia trunk 041188.jpg|Trunk
 
Image:Idesia trunk 041188.jpg|Trunk
 
Image:Idesia leaves 041184.jpg|Leaves
 
Image:Idesia leaves 041184.jpg|Leaves
 
Image:Idesia flowers 041187.jpg|Flowers
 
Image:Idesia flowers 041187.jpg|Flowers
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<gallery>
 
Image:Idesia fruit 053215.jpg|Fruit
 
Image:Idesia fruit 053215.jpg|Fruit
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
 
 
==Notes==
 
<references/>
 
 
== External link ==
 
* [http://www.idesiatechnologies.com Idesia]
 
 
{{tree-stub}}
 
 
[[Category:Salicaceae]]
 

Revision as of 21:41, 29 January 2008

Idesia polycarpa
Idesia polycarpa leaves and fruit
Idesia polycarpa leaves and fruit
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae / Flacourtiaceae
Genus: Idesia
Maxim.
Species: I. polycarpa

Binomial name
Idesia polycarpa
Maxim.

Idesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae (formerly placed in the family Flacourtiaceae), comprising the single species Idesia polycarpa. It is native to eastern Asia in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.[1]

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching a height of 8-21 m, with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter with smooth greyish-green bark. The shoots are greyish-brown, stout, with a thick pith core. The leaves are large, heart-shaped, 8–20 cm long and 7–20 cm broad, with a red 4–30 cm petiole bearing two or more glands; the leaves are dark green above, glaucous below, and have a coarsely serrated margin. The flowers are small, yellowish green, fragrant, and born in panicles 13–30 cm long. It is dioecious with male and female flowers on separate trees; the male flowers are 12–16 mm diameter, the female flowers 9 mm diameter. The fruit is a berry 5–10 mm diameter, ripening orange to dark purple-red, containing several 2–3 mm brown seeds, and often persisting until the following spring.[1][2]

Cultivation and uses

The fruit is edible either raw or cooked.[3]

The species is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in other temperate regions including Europe.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flora of China: Idesia (genus page), Idesia polycarpa (species page)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
  3. Tanaka, T. (1976). Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing.