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Callicarpa membranacea

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

C.H. Chang

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• E. Sichuan
• Zhejiang - China
• Honshu- Japan

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• streamside
• thickets
• woodland montane thickets

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Oct (China)

Herb or woody climber or shrub to 2m. leaves to 100mm x 40mm, mostly glabrous with serrate margins. Cymes to 15mm across, pink to purple flowers, corolla to 3.5mm. Fruit to 3mm diameter..

Wood used to make fiddles.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew
• FOC