Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Wikstroemia indica
Edible : Caution, Toxic, Medicine,
A shrub or small tree. It grows 1.5 m high and spreads 0.9 m wide. The leaves are oval and 6 cm long. The flowers are white, cream or greenish and in heads at the ends of the branches. The fruit are red to dark purple and 7-8 mm across.
POISONOUS.
A tropical plant. It grows in forests and on rocky slopes below 1,500 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 9-12. In XTBG Yunnan. In Sichuan.
Common names : Tiebush,
Synonyms :
Daphne indica L.;
Wikstroemia shuttleworthiana Meisn.;
Wikstroemia shuttleworthii Meisn.;
Wikstroema viridiflora Meissn.;