Muntingia calabura L.
文定果

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Family 科

  • Tiliaceae 椴樹科

Growing Habits 生長習性

  1. Growth form 生長形態
    2. Tree 喬木
  1. Climbing method 攀緣方式
    2. To be determined 有待確定

Height/Length

  • To be determined 有待確定

Stems, Branches and Branchlets

  1. Indumentum 表被物
    2. Glandular hairs 腺毛
  1. Gland 腺體
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Lenticel 皮孔
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Armature 針刺
    2. Absent 無
  1. Type 類型
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Bark 樹皮
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Habit 習性
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Shape 形狀
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Color 顏色
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Modified stems 特化莖
    2. Absent 無

Leaf/Leaflet Length

  • 葉 
    • 4 - 10 cm
  • 小葉 
    • Not applicable 不適用

Leaf/Leaflet Width

  • 葉 
    • 1.5 - 4 cm
  • 小葉 
    • Not applicable 不適用

Infloresence diameter/length

  • Not applicable 不適用

Sepal/calyx length

  • 1 - 1.2 cm

Petal/Corolla length

  • 1 - 1.1 cm

Fruits

  1. Other note 註
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Fruit type 果型
    2. Berry 漿果
  1. Color 果色
    2. Red 紅
    Purple 紫
  1. Shape 形狀
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Indumentum 表被物
    2. Glabrous 無毛
  1. Gland 腺體
    2. Absent 無
  1. Fruit characters 果實特徵
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Fruiting period 果期
    2. To be determined 有待確定

Fruit diameter/length

  • ca. 1 cm

Supplementary information

Tree, soft glandular pubescent except petals and the ovary. Fruit a berry, sweet and juicy, with many tiny seeds. Native to tropical America, reported as an invasive plant in Taiwan, Singapore and USA.

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Reviewer(s)

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References

  1. Flora of Shenzhen: China Forestry Publishing House

Acknowledgement 鳴謝:

Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation Native Plant Resources and Database in Hong Kong
伍絜宜慈善基金香港原生植物資源及教材庫

Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences, CUHK WordPress

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