Ardisia crenata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Ardisia
- Species
- Ardisia crenata
- Scientific Name
- Ardisia crenata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ardisia crenata
Ardisia crenata is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family, Primulaceae, that is native to East Asia. It is known by a variety of names such as Christmas berry, coral ardisia, coral bush, coralberry, coralberry tree, hen's-eyes, and spiceberry. A. crenata is a compact shrub that reaches 1 metre (3.3 ft), often with a single stem. Leaves are dark green, thick, glossy, and have tightly waved edges The flowers are small, white or reddish, fragrant, and form clusters. The fruit is a glossy, bright red drupe. The seeds are able to germinate under a dense canopy and are dispersed by birds and humans.
This invasive species was introduced to the United States in the early twentieth century as an ornamental species. It was observed to have escaped cultivation in 1982.
Preparations made from the root of Ardisia crenata are used as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.
...Ardisia crenata in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Koraalbessieboom
- Chinese
- 大羅傘
- Chinese
- 珠砂根
- Chinese
- 朱砂根
- Chinese
- 硃砂根
- Danish
- evighedsbær
- English
- Coralberry
- English
- coral ardisia
- English
- Hilo Holly
- English
- Coralberry Tree
- English
- Coral Bush
- French
- ardisie crénelée
- Japanese
- マンリョウ
- Korean
- 백량금
- Russian
- Ардизия городчатая
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Ardisia alyxiifolia
- Ardisia amplexicaulis
- Ardisia attenuata
- Ardisia austin-smithii
- Ardisia bakeri
- Ardisia bartletii
- Ardisia bastonalensis
- Ardisia blatteri
- Ardisia brackenridgei
- Ardisia bracteosa
- Ardisia brassiella
- Ardisia brassii
- Ardisia breedlovei
- Ardisia brenesii
- Ardisia brevicaulis
- Ardisia brevipedata
- Ardisia brittonii
- Ardisia brunnescens
- Ardisia buesgenii
- Ardisia byrsonimae
- Ardisia chiapensis
- Ardisia chinensis
- Ardisia colonensis
- Ardisia colorata
- Ardisia comosa
- Ardisia compressa
- Ardisia conoidea
- Ardisia conspersa
- Ardisia copeyana
- Ardisia cornudentata
- Ardisia costaricensis
- Ardisia crassa
- Ardisia crenata
- Ardisia crispa
- Ardisia cuspidata
- Ardisia daphinifolia
- Ardisia darienensis
- Ardisia densiflora
- Ardisia densilepidotula
- Ardisia didymopora
- Ardisia dom
- Ardisia dukei
- Ardisia dunlapiana
- Ardisia elliptica
- Ardisia escallonioides
- Ardisia etindensis
- Ardisia fendleri
- Ardisia filiformis
- Ardisia filipes
- Ardisia flavida
- Ardisia foetida
- Ardisia forbesii
- Ardisia fuliginosa
- Ardisia furfuracella
- Ardisia gardneri
- Ardisia geniculata
- Ardisia gigantifolia
- Ardisia gjellerupii
- Ardisia glandulosomarginata
- Ardisia glauciflora
- Ardisia glomerata
- Ardisia graciliflora
- Ardisia guianensis
- Ardisia hagenii
- Ardisia hanceana
- Ardisia hintonii
- Ardisia humilis
- Ardisia hyalina
- Ardisia hylandii
- Ardisia imperialis
- Ardisia intibucana
- Ardisia involucrata
- Ardisia jamaicensis
- Ardisia japonica
- Ardisia javanica
- Ardisia jefeana
- Ardisia kainantuensis
- Ardisia kalimbahin
- Ardisia knappiae
- Ardisia koupensis
- Ardisia kusukuensis
- Ardisia laciniata
- Ardisia lauracea
- Ardisia liebmannii
- Ardisia liesneri
- Ardisia lindleyana
- Ardisia luquillensis
- Ardisia maclurei
- Ardisia macrocarpa
- Ardisia mamillata
- Ardisia maxonii
- Ardisia merrillii
- Ardisia mexicana
- Ardisia milneensis
- Ardisia miqueliana
- Ardisia missionis
- Ardisia morobeensis
- Ardisia myriosticta
- Ardisia nevermannii
- Ardisia nigrescens
- Ardisia nigropilosa
- Ardisia nigropunctata
- Ardisia nigrovirens
- Ardisia obovata
- Ardisia obtusa
- Ardisia omissa
- Ardisia opaca
- Ardisia opegrapha
- Ardisia oxyphylla
- Ardisia pachyrrhachis
- Ardisia palmana
- Ardisia panamensis
- Ardisia paschalis
- Ardisia pauciflora
- Ardisia pellucida
- Ardisia pleurobotrya
- Ardisia polygama
- Ardisia polysticta
- Ardisia premontana
- Ardisia primulifolia
- Ardisia pulverulenta
- Ardisia purpurea
- Ardisia pusilla
- Ardisia pyramidalis
- Ardisia quinquegona
- Ardisia rarescens
- Ardisia revoluta
- Ardisia rhomboidea
- Ardisia rhynchophylla
- Ardisia ridleyi
- Ardisia rigidifolia
- Ardisia romanii
- Ardisia rosea
- Ardisia ruedae
- Ardisia sanguinolenta
- Ardisia sapida
- Ardisia sauraujifolia
- Ardisia scabrida
- Ardisia scheryi
- Ardisia schippii
- Ardisia schlechteri
- Ardisia scortechinii
- Ardisia sessilis
- Ardisia sideromalla
- Ardisia sieboldii
- Ardisia silvestris
- Ardisia smaragdina
- Ardisia solanacea
- Ardisia sonchifolia
- Ardisia squamulosa
- Ardisia squarrosa
- Ardisia standleyana
- Ardisia staudtii
- Ardisia stonei
- Ardisia subsessilifolia
- Ardisia tanycardia
- Ardisia ternatensis
- Ardisia teysmanniana
- Ardisia thyrsiflora
- Ardisia tuberculata
- Ardisia tuerckheimii
- Ardisia turbinata
- Ardisia urbanii
- Ardisia vatteri
- Ardisia venosa
- Ardisia venosissima
- Ardisia venusta
- Ardisia verapazensis
- Ardisia verdisepala
- Ardisia vidalii
- Ardisia villosa
- Ardisia violacea
- Ardisia virens
- Ardisia wallichii
- Ardisia websteri
- Ardisia wedelii
- Ardisia zeylanica
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