Rhaphiolepis lanceolata

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The round black fruit are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in open forests between 400-1,500 m above sea level.

Asia, China,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. The branches are blackish purple. They have brown hairs when young. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 3-8 cm long by 5-14 mm wide. The flowers occur as many in a group at the ends of branches. The petals are white or pink. The fruit are round and black. They are 4-7 mm across.

Production

In China plants flowers in June and fruit in October and November.

References (2)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1408
www.efloras.org Flora of China Volume 9

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

Production

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