Herb latin name: Viburnum erubescens gracilipes


Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family)



Edible parts of Viburnum erubescens gracilipes:

Fruit - raw or cooked. A sweet flavour but there is very little flesh in relation to the size of the single large seed.

Description of the plant:



Plant:
Deciduous
Shrub

Height:
5 m
(16 feet)

Flowering:
July

Habitat of the herb:

Forests and shrubberies, 1500 - 3300 metres, from Uttar Pradesh to S.W. China.

Other uses of Viburnum erubescens gracilipes:

Wood - soft to hard, close and even grained. The wood is hardest in the cooler parts of its range, the Himalayan form is a possible Boxwood (Buxus spp) substitute.

Propagation of the herb:

Seed - best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe. Germination can be slow, sometimes taking more than 18 months. If the seed is harvested "green" (when it has fully developed but before it has fully ripened) and sown immediately in a cold frame, it should germinate in the spring. Stored seed will require 2 months warm then 3 months cold stratification and can still take 18 months to germinate. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a cold frame or greenhouse. Plant out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer of the following year. Cuttings of soft-wood, early summer in a frame. Pot up into individual pots once they start to root and plant them out in late spring or early summer of the following year. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, 5 - 8 cm long with a heel if possible, July/August in a frame. Plant them into individual pots as soon as they start to root. These cuttings can be difficult to overwinter, it is best to keep them in a greenhouse or cold frame until the following spring before planting them out. Cuttings of mature wood, winter in a frame. They should root in early spring - pot them up when large enough to handle and plant them out in the summer if sufficient new growth is made, otherwise keep them in a cold frame for the next winter and then plant them out in the spring. Layering of current seasons growth in July/August. Takes 15 months.

Cultivation of Viburnum erubescens gracilipes:

Forests and shrubberies, 1500 - 3300 metres, from Uttar Pradesh to S.W. China.

Medicinal use of the herb:

None known

Known hazards of Viburnum erubescens gracilipes:

None known

Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future.