Family and genus of Myrica rubra

Myrica rubra

Another name for red bayberry

Longjing, vermilion, Shengsheng plum, Baidi plum, Shumei

Distribution of Myrica rubra

Myrica rubra is mainly produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Yuyao and Cixi are the world-famous hometown of Myrica rubra, both of which have ancient Myrica rubra trees with a tree age of 1000 years there is a folk saying that "Chinese red bayberry comes out of Zhejiang, and Zhejiang red bayberry counts Xianju". The "XianMei" in Xianju County, Taizhou city is a variety with Chinese characteristics and has formed a brand.

Morphological characteristics of Myrica rubra

Myrica rubra is an evergreen tree with a height of more than 15 meters and a trunk diameter of 60 cm; The branches and buds are glabrous, and the young branches have shield like glands; The leaf blade is leathery, the surface is glabrous, the leaf age is about 2 years, the leaf tip is gradually sharp or acute, there are sparse sharp serrations above the middle of the leaf edge, the whole edge below the middle, and the leaf base is wedge-shaped; There are sparse golden glands on the leaf veins Populus quinquefolius is dioecious, with male flowers clustered in leaf axils, cylindrical, about 1 ~ 3 cm long; The male flower has 2 ~ 4 ovate bracteoles and 4 ~ 6 stamens; The anthers of male flowers are dark red oval; Myrica rubra is dark red or purplish red spherical, with papillary bulges on the pericarp surface, juicy and succulent pericarp, sour and sweet taste; Myrica rubra blooms in April and its fruit matures from June to July

Growth habit of Myrica rubra

Myrica rubra likes humidity and shade. It likes slightly acidic soil with thick humus layer. The place with ventilation to shade is very suitable for its growth. Under the microclimate conditions with large light radiation, sufficient heat accumulation and high annual accumulated temperature, it is more suitable to produce high-quality bayberry