Ardisia humilis

Species of flowering plant

Ardisia humilis

Ardisia humilis grown as a potted plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Ericales
Family:  | Primulaceae
Genus:  | Ardisia
Species:  |

A. humilis

Binomial name
Ardisia humilis

Vahl

Synonyms

Ardisia elliptica Roxb.

Ardisia humilis (jet berry) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ardisia in the family Primulaceae, native to southeastern Asia in southern China (Guangdong, Hainan), the Philippines, and Vietnam.[1]

## Description

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Botanical illustration of Ardisia humilis.

Ardisia humilis is an evergreen shrub growing 1–2 m (rarely to 5 m) tall. The leaves are broad ovate to elliptical, 15–18 cm long and 5–7 cm broad, with a leathery texture and an acute apex. The flowers are reddish-purple to pink and 5–6 mm diameter; they are produced in corymbs in mid-spring. The fruit is a red to dark purple drupe 6 mm diameter, containing a single seed, and it matures in late autumn.[1]

## Status

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Ardisia humilis is considered to be included in the single variable species Ardisia elliptica by some botanists.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b Flora of China: Ardisia humilis
2. ^ “Shoebutton ardisia: Ardisia elliptica” Weeds of Australia website, http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/Ardisia_elliptica.htm Archived 2015-09-21 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 28.2.2013)

Taxon identifiers

Ardisia humilis|

* Wikidata: Q4788112
* Wikispecies: Ardisia humilis
* APNI: 218147
* CoL: GD7L
* EoL: 2891546
* EPPO: ADAHU
* FNA: 200016775
* FoC: 200016775
* GBIF: 5558193
* GRIN: 3884
* iNaturalist: 427937
* IPNI: 587087-1
* ITIS: 836169
* NCBI: 587400
* Open Tree of Life: 477105
* PalDat: Ardisia_humilis
* Plant List: kew-2648056
* PLANTS: ARHU8
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:587087-1
* WFO: wfo-0000544431