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Taxon ID: [518], Hippophae tibetana Schltdl.
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Family Name

Elaeagnaceae

Taxon Name:

Hippophae tibetana Schlechter, Linnaea 32: 296 (1863). Press, Shrestha and Sutton,  Ann. Checklist Fl. Pl. Nepal: 100 (2000).

Synonyms:

Hippophae rhamnoides subsp. tibetana (Schlecht.) Servett.

English Name(s):

Seabuckthorn, Sand thorn

Sanskrit Name(s):

Aashuka

Common Nepali Name(s):

Armalito, Asuk, Bhui chuk, Sayar, Tora, Tirchuk

Vernacular Name(s):

Tarbu satar (Amchi), Phirchi (Gurung), Chungo (Tamang), Taru, Tirsuk, Chichisun (Kham), Tarbu, Taro (Sherpa)

Other Name(s):

Shanji (Chinese), Kantashakh clombadari (Hindi), Sajee (Japanese), Kirpu, Tsar bu, Tarbu satar (Tibetan).

Trade Name(s):

Sea buckthorn

Life form/Habit:

Densely branched shrublet.

Habitat:

Subalpine moist habitat

Description:

A dense much branched dwarf shrub, 10-30 (-60 cm) high, with long stout terminal spines formed from the tips of old branches. Leaves linear oblong, 12-20 x 2.5-4 mm, margin flat, densely scaly, upper surface grayish, lower surface whitish with scattered reddish brown scales and reddish brown midrib; petiole ca. 1 mm. Flowers stalkless, yellowish, c. 4mm across, in clusters appearing on leafless stem. Ripe fruit orange red, globose to elliptic, ca. 9 x 9 mm31, 34.

Macroscopic characters:
Chromosome number:

(2n = 12, 20, 24)2

Phenology:

Flowering: March - June

Fruiting: August - September

 

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