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Alangium platanifolium

Palmate-leaf Alangium · Planeleaf Alangium

Family CornaceaeGenus Alangium

Broad three-lobed leaves drawn out into long points, carried on dark red stems in a loose thicket
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About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
shrub or treePlants of the World Online
Native range
China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Manchuria and elsewhereGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 35 days to germinate.

100% germination in 21–35 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Alangium p. 17Public domain
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Alangium (Alangiaceae). A. platanifolium along with Cornus canadensis are the two species with seeds in a fleshy fruit that require GA-3 for germination. . Seeds germ. 70 GA-3 (100% in 3-5 w). A year under various moist conditions or DS 6 m had no effect, and the seeds still germ. immediately on treating with GA-3. Seeds were dead after DS for 1 y.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Alangium p. 17. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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