chinese Loquat Fissistigma oldhamii (forum)

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Wakey wakey and welcome to 2015 and I hope everyone is hangover free.It is hotter than hell and a rainless dustbowl in Cairns.Never has there been a greatr need for even a few drops of rain.
I have just planted seeds of the Chinese Loquat vine and can find little meaningful information on it.
Is anyone familiar with this species?
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Time: 1st January 2015 10:05am

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TMary says...
Happy New Year, Mike. Be careful what you wish for. You might get washed away in a deluge.

I don/t know it but put in the Chinese botanical name 钻山风 and found plenty of sites on it. Good medicine, it seems.

Time: 1st January 2015 1:34pm

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MIke T1 says...
Thanks Mary and I hope 2015 is a winner for you.
Interesting that this species is medicine rather than a fine fruit for consumption.From the same chinese source in Maoming I previously received some Artocarpus nanchuanensis and Garcinia oblongifolia seeds that are now germinating.I am also unsure of the fruit quality of these species also.

Time: 1st January 2015 1:52pm

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TMary says...
It's the wood/roots that are used for medicine (rheumatism). There are a lot of patented medicine using it. Anyway here's something in English on one the the websites.



Fissistigma oldhamii (Hemsl.) Merr.
瓜馥木
Description from Flora of China
Melodorum oldhamii Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 27. 1886; Fissistigma oldhamii var. longistipitatum Tsiang.
Climbers to 8 m tall. Branchlets fulvous pubescent. Petiole ca. 1 cm, pubescent; leaf blade obovate-elliptic to oblong, 6-13

Time: 1st January 2015 2:06pm

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TMary says...
Again, from the Flora of China website:

13. Garcinia oblongifolia Champion ex Bentham, Hooker

Time: 1st January 2015 2:19pm

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8. Artocarpus nanchuanensis S. S. Chang et al., Acta Bot. Yunnan. 11: 29. 1989.
南川木波罗 nan chuan mu bo luo
Trees to 25 m, d.b.h. 60 cm. Bark dark brown, longitudinally furrowed. Branchlets cylindric, 7-8 mm thick, rust-colored pubescent when young. Winter buds ovate, 2-3 mm in diam., pale brown pubescent when young. Petiole 1.2-1.5 cm, densely hairy with short, coarse, and spreading hairs; leaf blade oblong to elliptic, 12-18

Time: 1st January 2015 2:23pm

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MIke T1 says...
Wow Mary that is a lot of information and thank you for digging it up.There is a lot that is useful and now I just have to figure out what to do with the plants.

Time: 1st January 2015 3:09pm

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TMary says...
Just a bit of cut and paste from Flora of China Mike but I have read elsewhere that one of those plants is endangered and rare (sorry forgot which one haha). The breadfruit should do well in Cairns.

Time: 1st January 2015 3:22pm

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