Viburnum glomeratum
Maxim.
Chinese watfaring tree
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Description
An upright shrub. It grows 1.5 m high and spreads 1.5 m wide. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are mid green and have sharp teeth. The flowers are white. They are in flat topped clusters. The fruit are red berries which become black as they ripen.
Edible Uses
The fruit (berries) are eaten.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in shaded moist places on grassy slopes between 300-3,200 m above sea level in south China. It suits hardiness zones 5-9. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, Australia, China, Myanmar, SE Asia, Tibet,
Synonyms
Viburnum glomeratum subsp. glomeratumViburnum veitchii C. H. Wright
References (4)
- Cundall, P., (ed.), 2004, Gardening Australia: flora: the gardener's bible. ABC Books. p 1470 (As Viburnum veitchii)
- Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 33:257. 1903 (As Viburnum veitchii)
- Kang, Y., et al, 2014, Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zouqu country, Gansu, China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 10:20
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Viburnum veitchii)
