Ardisia cornudentata
Mez
Jade mountain ardisia
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Description
An evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows 3-6 m high. The young branches have rusty hairs. The leaves are alternate and fairly leathery. They are sword shaped and 7-18 cm long and 3-6 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are wedge shaped at the base. There are teeth around the edge. The flowers are pink-white. There are 8-14 flowers in a group. The fruit are round and black. They are 5 mm across.
Edible Uses
The fruit are edible.
Distribution
It is native to Taiwan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Taiwan,
Notes
Also put in the family Myrsinaceae.
Synonyms
References (2)
- Hu, Shiu-ying, 2005, Food Plants of China. The Chinese University Press. p 613
- Kuo, W. H. J., (Ed.) Taiwan's Ethnobotanical Database (1900-2000), http://tk.agron.ntu.edu.tw/ethnobot/DB1.htm
