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Ardisia Elliptica Thunb Ardisia elliptica Thunb. Identifiants : 2998/ardell Association du Potager de mes/nos Rêves (https://lepotager-demesreves.fr) Fiche réalisée par Patrick Le Ménahèze Dernière modification le 28/09/2021 Classification phylogénétique : Clade : Angiospermes ; Clade : Dicotylédones vraies ; Clade : Astéridées ; Ordre : Ericales ; Famille : Primulaceae ; Classification/taxinomie traditionnelle : Règne : Plantae ; Sous-règne : Tracheobionta ; Division : Magnoliophyta ; Classe : Magnoliopsida ; Ordre : Primulales ; Famille : Primulaceae ; Genre : Ardisia ; Synonymes : Ardisia kotoensis Hayata, Ardisia littoralis Andrews, et d'autres ; Nom(s) anglais, local(aux) et/ou international(aux) : Sea-shore ardisia, Shoe-button ardisia, , Buah letus, Cham, Chempenai, Kashavaa, Kayu lampilan, Kayu lundu, keravaki, Lempeni kancing sepatu, Limjong, Mata pelanduk, Mempenai, Merjima, Pak cham, Penai, Pis-pis, Rempenai, Sarusup, Semporna, Serusop, Serusup, Surusup, Turang kasah, Tapiok Tursop laut, ; Rapport de consommation et comestibilité/consommabilité inférée (partie(s) utilisable(s) et usage(s) alimentaire(s) correspondant(s)) : Parties comestibles : fruit{{{0(+x) (traduction automatique) | Original : Fruit{{{0(+x) Les fruits sont sucrés et comestibles. Les jeunes pousses sont mangées néant, inconnus ou indéterminés. Illustration(s) (photographie(s) et/ou dessin(s)): Autres infos : dont infos de "FOOD PLANTS INTERNATIONAL" : Distribution : C'est une plante tropicale. Il pousse souvent sur les îles le long de la côte. Un buisson qui pousse dans les marécages de marée. Il pousse sur les bords des mangroves. Dans XTBG Yunnan{{{0(+x) (traduction automatique). Page 1/2 Original : It is a tropical plant. It often grows on islands along the coast. A bush that grows in tidal swamps. It grows on the edges of mangroves. In XTBG Yunnan{{{0(+x). Localisation : Asie, Australie, Chine, Îles Cook, Guyane, Guyane, Haïti, Inde, Indochine, Indonésie, Japon, Laos, Malaisie, Maldives, Amérique du Nord, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, PNG, Philippines, Asie du Sud-Est, Amérique du Sud, Sri Lanka, Suriname , Taiwan, Thaïlande, Vietnam{{{0(+x) (traduction automatique). Original : Asia, Australia, China, Cook Islands, Guianas, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, North America, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Philippines, SE Asia, South America, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam{{{0(+x). Notes : Les feuilles et les fruits sont utilisés en médecine. Également mis dans la famille des Myrsinaceae{{{0(+x) (traduction automatique). Original : The leaves and fruit are used in medicine. Also put in the family Myrsinaceae{{{0(+x). Liens, sources et/ou références : dont classification : dont livres et bases de données : 0"Food Plants International" (en anglais) ; dont biographie/références de 0"FOOD PLANTS INTERNATIONAL" : Ali, R. M., et al, (Eds.), 2010, ASEAN Herbal and Medicinal Plants. Forestry research Institute Malaysia. p 147 ; Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 219, 221 (As Ardisia littoralis) ; INFOODSUpdatedFGU-list.xls ; Kuo, W. H. J., (Ed.) Taiwan's Ethnobotanical Database (1900-2000), http://tk.agron.ntu.edu.tw/ethnobot/DB1.htm ; Martin, F.W. & Ruberte, R.M., 1979, Edible Leaves of the Tropics. Antillian College Press, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. p 206 (As Ardisia littoralis) ; Slik, F., www.asianplant.net ; Sujanapal, P., & Sankaran, K. V., 2016, Common Plants of Maldives. FAO & Kerala FRI, p 40 ; Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 581 Page 2/2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).
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