Alangium premnifolium

Names and Synonyms

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Marlea premnifolia
• Alangium chinense var. nipponicum

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant, Alangium premnefolium, belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta. It is classified under the class Equisetopsida and the subclass Magnoliidae within the order Cornales. Finally, it is a member of the family Cornaceae and the genus Alangium.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant is widely distributed across several key regions of East and Southeast Asia. Within China, its presence is specifically noted throughout the Southeast portion of the country. Moving toward Eastern Asia, the species can be found in Japan as well as the Nansei-shotō islands. Its range also extends into the Indo-China peninsula, where it inhabits parts of Myanmar. Additionally, the plant is documented to grow within the borders of Vietnam.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Botanical Identification

Life history

The life history of Alangium premnefolium is characterized by its classification as a phanerophyte, specifically exhibiting traits consistent with both the nanophanerophyte and phanerophyte life forms. As a phanerophyte, its regenerative buds are located on aerial shoots well above the soil surface, allowing the plant to maintain its structural integrity and reproductive capacity through various seasonal cycles. Depending on the specific environmental stressors and the height of its woody growth, it may fluctuate between being a nanophanerophyte, characterized by its relatively small shrubby stature, or a more robust phanerophyte. This life strategy enables the species to occupy stable niches where it can protect its growing points from immediate ground-level disturbances, ensuring a perennial existence through its woody architecture.

Life form :

phanerophyte

Morphology

The morphology of Alangium premnefolium is characterized by its growth form as a woody tree, exhibiting a robust and self-supporting structure. This species functions as an independent organism, neither acting as a parasite nor as an epiphyte, maintaining a primarily terrestrial existence across its habitats, though it can transition between aquatic, semiaquatic, and terrestrial environments. As a self-supporting tree, it does not exhibit the climbing or vine-like habits of lianas, instead relying on its woody stems and substantial trunk to maintain its upright stature.

Aquatic :

terrestrial

Climber :

self-supporting

Epiphyte :

terrestrial

Growth form :

tree

Parasite :

independent

Woodiness :

woody

Physiology

The physiology of Allium premnefolium is characterized by its metabolic processes and structural adaptations, most notably its reliance on the C3 photosynthetic pathway. In this pathway, the plant utilizes the enzyme Rubisco to fix atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into a three-carbon compound during the Calvin cycle, a process that typically occurs within the mesophyll cells. This C3 mechanism dictates the plant's water-use efficiency and its physiological response to varying light intensities and ambient temperatures. Alongside its carbon fixation strategy, the plant's physiological functions are driven by specialized cellular mechanisms that manage nutrient uptake and transpiration, ensuring metabolic stability and energy production necessary for its growth and medicinal potency.

Photosynthetic pathway :

C3

Sources: Global Inventory of Floras and Traits (GIFT)

Plant Parts

Alangium premnifolium has 1 reported plant parts identified across 1 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include leaf.

Leaf

1. Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin

Chemicals

Alangium premnifolium has 1 reported phytochemicals identified across 1 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Roseoside.

Roseoside

1. Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin

Preparations

Alangium premnifolium has 1 reported preparations identified across 1 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include MeOH extract.

Meoh extract

1. Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin