Styracaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Styrax fortunei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Styrax fortunei is a deciduous shrub or a small tree growing around 5 - 15 metres tall with a trunk up to 15cm in diameter[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of oil from its seeds. The tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 2261 Title A Taxonomic Revision of Taxa in Styrax Series Cyrta (Styracaceae) with Valvate Corollas Publication J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12(2): 579 - 641. 2018 Author Li G. & Fritsch P.W. Publisher Year 2018 ISBN Description ]. Styrax fortunei is a common and widespread speciues. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China

HabitatForest edges on slopes; at elevations from 500 - 1,200 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. In mixed forests and thickets, occasionally in open rocky areas, on hillside slopes and valleys, along streams and roadsides; at elevations from 30 - 2,000 metres[ 2261 Title A Taxonomic Revision of Taxa in Styrax Series Cyrta (Styracaceae) with Valvate Corollas Publication J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12(2): 579 - 641. 2018 Author Li G. & Fritsch P.W. Publisher Year 2018 ISBN Description ].