Euodia lepta
| Euodia lepta | |
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| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
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| Tea: | Yes |
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Euodia lepta
Propagation: Seed - sow February in a greenhouse. Variable germination rates[1]. When they are 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 into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Give the plants some protection from the cold for their first winter outdoors.
Cuttings of half-ripe wood (preferably forced in a greenhouse), 5 - 8cm with a heel, June to August in a warm greenhouse. Fair to good percentage[1].
Cultivation: We have almost no information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain. Judging by the needs of other members of this genus it is probably easily grown in a good loamy soil.
Range: E. Asia - China.
Habitat: Forest edges on hillsides and by streams[2].
Medicinal: The roots and leaves are antipruritic, depurative and febrifuge[2]. A decoction is used in the treatment of arthritis, fever, chickenpox, fever, epidemic influenza, meningitis, infectious hepatitis etc[2][3].
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sheat, Wilfrid. Propagation of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers. St Martin, 1948.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Revolutionary Health Committee of Hunan Province. A Barefoot Doctors Manual. Running Press.
- ↑ Duke, James and Edward Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of China. Reference Publications, 1985.