Alangium platanifolium
| Alangium platanifolium | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 8 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 10' |
| Width: | 7' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Mid Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Alangium platanifolium
Propagation: Seed - we have no details for this species but suggest sowing the seed in a greenhouse in the spring. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out in early summer and consider giving them some protection from the cold for their first winter outdoors.
Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in sand in a frame[1].
Cultivation: Succeeds in any moderately fertile well-drained soil[1]. Requires full sun and a sheltered position[2][1].
A fairly hardy plant[3], but it does not succeed outdoors at Kew, the soft pithy shoots being cut back by winter cold[4]. It grows well in Gloucestershire[4][2].
This species is closely related to A. chinense[1].
Range: E. Asia - China, Japan.
Habitat: Woodland thickets, 1200 - 2100 metres in W. China[5].
Edibility: Young leaves - cooked[6].
Medicinal: The root is used in the treatment of rheumatism and other bone diseases[7].
Usage: The leaves and the bark of the root are used as an insecticide[8]. The leaves and stem bark according to another report[7].
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: Marlea platanifolium.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas, Graham. Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos. Murray, 1992.
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bean, William. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Murray, 1981.
- ↑ Wilson, Ernest and Charles Sargent. Plantae Wilsonianae.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Duke, James and Edward Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of China. Reference Publications, 1985.
- ↑ Stuart, George. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei Southern Materials Centre.