5 Graines Chimonanthe précoce, Chimonanthus praecox

Early chimonanthe, chimonanthus praecox |

Early chimonanthe, chimonanthus praecox

5 Seeds - Average germination: 40%

Chimonanthus praecox is a species of flower plant originating from China. This plant is called 蜡梅 / 蠟梅, there, Cantonese Jyutping : Laap⁶ Mui⁴ in Chinese and Chinese and Chinese and Chinese and Chinese and Chinese and Chinese Rōbai (蜡梅^?) in Japanese.

The Latin name derives from Greek Cheimôn Winter and Anthos Flowers, according to the flowering season1.

It is a deciduous bush measuring 2 to 4 m high. The leaves are elliptical-ovals with lanceolate oblong, 7 to 20 cm long. It flowers in winter before the leaves. The scented flowers about 2.5 cm in diameter hatch between November and March depending on the weather, with yellow external tepals and brown-for-the-brown interns. They give gourd -shaped fruits 4 cm long, which dry at the end of the season2.

This bush, present in many gardens of New Zealand contains Calycanthine, a convulsive alkaloid3.

Forest essence in its original habitat in China, it grows in particular in subtropical, tropical wet and low backgrounds. He has acclimatized in the gardens of a large part of Europe.

Assessed in 2018 by theInternational Union for Nature Conservation, it is not considered threatened. It is largely present in its home home in China and its population is stable. It occupies an area estimated at 156 km². In addition, by its capacity to adapt to various soil and climatic conditions, it could bear in-situ conservation measures4.

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