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Useful Temperate Plants

Meliosma oldhamii

Miq.

Sabiaceae


Meliosma oldhamii is often treated as a subspecies of Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Maxim.(as Meliosma pinnata oldhamii (Miq.) Beusekom). However, we are following the treatment in the Flora of China[
266
Title
Flora of China
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
Year
1994
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
] which treats it as a distinct species.

+ Synonyms

Meliosma arnottiana oldhamii (Maxim.) H.Ohba

Meliosma glandulosa sinensis Cufod.

Meliosma pinnata oldhamii (Miq.) Beusekom

Meliosma sinensis Nakai

Rhus bofillii H.Lév.

Common Name:

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General Information

Meliosma oldhamii is a deciduous tree with a narrow crown when young, becoming more wide-spreading with age; it can grow up to 20 metres tall but is usually much smaller[
11
Title
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement.
Publication
 
Author
Bean. W.
Publisher
Murray
Year
1981
ISBN
-
Description
A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures.
,
266
Title
Flora of China
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
Year
1994
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

266
Title
Flora of China
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
Year
1994
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
,
1255
Title
Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny
Publication
Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971, pp 355-529
Author
C.F. Van Beusekom
Publisher
 
Year
1971
ISBN
 
Description
 

Range

E. Asia - southern and eastern China, central and southern Japan, S. Korea

Habitat

Valley forests, mountain forests, humid mountain slopes; at elevations from 300 - 1,900 metres[
266
Title
Flora of China
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
Year
1994
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].

Properties

Height0.00 m
PollinatorsSelf
Self-fertileYes
Cultivation StatusOrnamental, Wild

Cultivation Details

Meliosma oldhamii is not a very cold-hardy plant, tolerating temperatures down to around -8°c when dormant

Trees from the Central China population (var. oldhamii) are moderately hardy and are grown as ornamentals in the open under mild temperate climatical conditions; the subspecies is cultivated in N. America and in Europe, amongst others in the Kew Botanic Gardens[
1255
Title
Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny
Publication
Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971, pp 355-529
Author
C.F. Van Beusekom
Publisher
 
Year
1971
ISBN
 
Description
 
].
The pollen ripens and the anther-cells burst while the flower is still in bud, but the pollen is still unable to escape from the anther-cells as these are locked in the cavities of the staminodes. When the bud is fully mature, it explodes at the slightest touch, the stamens snapping backwards and flinging a puff of pollen into the air. When the flower is open, petals and stamens, having done their duty, very soon drop off; hence in a Meliosma panicle almost only buds and passed flowers are found, but very few intact open flowers[
1255
Title
Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny
Publication
Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971, pp 355-529
Author
C.F. Van Beusekom
Publisher
 
Year
1971
ISBN
 
Description
 
].

Edible Uses

Young leaves - cooked[
1255
Title
Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny
Publication
Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971, pp 355-529
Author
C.F. Van Beusekom
Publisher
 
Year
1971
ISBN
 
Description
 
].

Medicinal

The stems and stem bark are used traditionally in the treatment of liver ailments[
1254
Title
Cytotoxicity and Pharmacogenomics of Medicinal Plants from Traditional Korean Medicine
Publication
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Volume 2013, Article ID 341724, 14 pages
Author
Kuete V.; Ean-Jeong Seo; Krusche B.; Oswald M.; Wiench B.; S
Website
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/341724
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Year
2013
ISBN
 
Description
 
].

The whole plant contains various medicinally active compounds that have cytotoxic properties and are of potential use in the treatment of cancer[
1254
Title
Cytotoxicity and Pharmacogenomics of Medicinal Plants from Traditional Korean Medicine
Publication
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Volume 2013, Article ID 341724, 14 pages
Author
Kuete V.; Ean-Jeong Seo; Krusche B.; Oswald M.; Wiench B.; S
Website
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/341724
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Year
2013
ISBN
 
Description
 
].

Other Uses

The white wood is light and soft, fibrous, easily split, with large pores and a beautiful grain, with prominent rays. The heartwood in older trees is striped reddish and white[
1255
Title
Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny
Publication
Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971, pp 355-529
Author
C.F. Van Beusekom
Publisher
 
Year
1971
ISBN
 
Description
 
]. The timber is considered to be worthless commercially, though it is occasionally used locally for purposes such as rafters, clogs, boxes, and small objects[
1255
Title
Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny
Publication
Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971, pp 355-529
Author
C.F. Van Beusekom
Publisher
 
Year
1971
ISBN
 
Description
 
].
The wood is used for fuel[
1255
Title
Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny
Publication
Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971, pp 355-529
Author
C.F. Van Beusekom
Publisher
 
Year
1971
ISBN
 
Description
 
].

Propagation

Seed -
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