Thladiantha dubia
| Thladiantha dubia | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Cross Pollinated | |
| Height: | 7' |
| Speed: | Fast |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Late Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
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| Tea: | Yes |
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Thladiantha dubia (common name: red hailstone)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse[K]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots of fairly rich soil and plant them out after the last expected frosts.
Division of tubers in spring or autumn. The tubers can be harvested in the autumn and stored in a cool frost-free place overwinter then planted out in the spring[K].
Cultivation: Succeeds in almost any soil that is well-drained[1][2]. Prefers a fertile soil in a sunny but sheltered position[3].
Hardy to about -20°c[4]. Although the plant is hardy, it grows better on a sunny wall[1].
A fast-growing plant, climbing by means of tendrils[3]. It grows well on fences etc and can be used as a screen over unsightly objects, though it dies back to the roots each winter[5].
The young shoots require protection (the report does not specify from what)[4].
Dioecious. Male and female plants must be grown if fruit and seed is required.
Range: E. Asia - N.E. China, Korea. Naturalized in C. and S.E. Europe[6].
Habitat: Riparian meadows and sandy coasts[7].
Edibility: Fruit - raw or cooked. Succulent[8][9]. The oblong fruit is about 4cm long and 2.5cm wide[2].
Root[11]. No further details are given.
Medicinal: The seed is a cardiac tonic and an astringent[11][12].
The root is alterative, cholagogue, diuretic and galactogogue[11][12].
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Dioecious
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brickell, Christopher. The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 1990.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Phillips, Roger and Martyn Rix. Perennials - The Definitve Reference. Pan Books, 1991.
- ↑ Thomas, Graham. Perennial Garden Plants. J. M. Dent & Sons, 1990.
- ↑ Tutin, Tom et al.. Flora Europaea. Cambridge University Press, 1964.
- ↑ Komarov, Vladimir. Flora of the USSR. Gantner Verlag, 1968.
- ↑ Hedrick, Ulysses. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications, 1972.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Stuart, George. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei Southern Materials Centre.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Duke, James and Edward Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of China. Reference Publications, 1985.