Euodia fraxinifolia
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Perennial (hardy)
- Exposure
- Full sun
- Frost limit
- −1.1 °C
Cultivation
An easily grown plant, preferring a good loamy soil. This report suggests that the plant might be hardy in Britain but gives no details. According to one report, this species is not frost tolerant and so cannot be grown outdoors in Britain.
Propagation
Seed - sow February in a greenhouse. Variable germination rates. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Give the plants some protection from the cold for their first winter outdoors. Cuttings of half-ripe wood (preferably forced in a greenhouse), 5 - 8cm with a heel, June to August in a warm greenhouse. Fair to good percentage.
Edible uses
Fruit - cooked. Used in chutney.
Medicinal uses
The plant is used as an antipyretic. The fruit is antipyretic and is used in the treatment of dysentery.
Material uses
An oil from the seed is used in lighting. An aromatic oil from the fruit is used in perfumery. The wood is used in construction.
Habitat
Second-growth forests, 1200 - 2100 metres in the eastern Himalayas.
Native range
E. Asia - Himalayas from Nepal to Sikkim.