Lardizabala biternata (Zabala Fruit)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Aquiboquil, Zabala Fruit

Description

Family Lardizabalaceae

Woody climbers , rarely erect shrubs (Decaisnea) . Monoecious, rarely dioecious. Stems climbing or twining (erect in Decaisnea) ; wood with broad medullary rays . Winter buds large; outer scales 2 to numerous ; scales subtending leaves persistent , scaly . Stipules usually absent (present and very small in Sinofranchetia) . Leaves alternate, palmate or 3-foliolate, rarely pinnate (Decaisnea) . Petiole and petiolules swollen at both ends, articulate . Flowers functionally unisexual by reduction or abortion , actinomorphic . Sepals 6 (usually 3 in Akebia), petaloid , in 2 whorls, imbricate or outer 3 valvate . Petals 6, nectariferous , much smaller than sepals or absent. Male flowers: stamens free or connate into a tube ; anthers 2-celled, extrorsely dehiscent by longitudinal slit; connective apical appendage hornlike or apiculate , sometimes unappendaged. Pistillodes 3--6(--9), small, filiform . Female flowers: staminodes 6. Carpels 3(--9) or numerous (Sargentodoxa), superior, free; ovules numerous, orthotropous or anatropous , in 2 to several longitudinal rows on laminar placenta, rarely 1, pendulous, hemitropous to subanatropous (Sargentodoxa) . Stigma conspicuous , sessile or subsessile . Fruit fleshy follicles or baccate , indehiscent or dehiscent along abaxial suture . Seeds numerous, rarely solitary; seed coat crustaceous ; endosperm copious ; embryo small, straight.

Nine genera and ca. 50 species: mainly in E Asia, two monotypic genera in S America; seven genera (two endemic) and 37 species (25 endemic) in China.Dezhao Chen & Tatemi Shimizu "Lardizabalaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 6 Page 440. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habit: Evergreen .

Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February. • Flower Color: black, dark purple

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 10-12' tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a. (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Ranunculidae () - Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
        Superorder: Ranunculanae () - Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Lardizabalales () - Loconte, 1995
        Family: Lardizabalaceae () - Decaisne, 1839 - Lardizabala Family
        Subfamily: Lardizabaloideae ()
        Tribe: Urticeae ()
        Genus: Lardizabala () - Gaudichaud-Beaupré, 1830, nom. cons.
        Specific epithet: biternata - Ruiz & Pav.
        Botanical name: - Lardizabala biternata Ruiz & Pav.