Bischofia polycarpa
(H. Leveille) Airy Shaw
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit - drink
The fruit are used to produce liquors.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in evergreen forests between 100-1,000 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Asia, China,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 15 m tall. The trunk is 50 cm across. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves have 3 leaflets spread out like fingers on a hand. The end leaflet is largest ad 5-9 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The fruit are round and 5-7 mm across. They are red-brown when mature.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Bischofia polycarpa, or Chinese bishop wood (Chinese: 重陽木), is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It and the related Bischofia javanica are the only two members of genus Bischofia and tribe Bischofieae.
Production
In China plants flower April to May and fruit in October to November.
Other Information
It is a cultivated plant.
References (3)
- Flora of China. www.efloras.org
- Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 103
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
