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Euodia daniellii - (Benn.)Hemsl.

Author	(Benn.)Hemsl.	Botanical references	1, 11, 200
Family	Rutaceae	Genus	Euodia
Synonyms	Tetradium daniellii - (Benn.)T.G.Hartley. Xanthoxylum daniellii - Benn.
Known Hazards	None known
Range	E. Asia - China, Korea.
Habitat	Grows near dwellings[151].
Edibility Rating	2 (1-5)	Medicinal Rating	1 (1-5)

Physical Characteristics

A decidious Tree growing to 15m.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist soil.

Habitats

Woodland Garden; Canopy; Secondary;

Edible Uses

Edible Uses: Oil.

An edible oil is obtained from the fruit. Used for cooking[105, 177, 183].

Medicinal Uses

Miscellany.

One report says that the plant has medicinal qualities, no further details are given[174].

Other Uses

Oil.

The oil from the fruit is used in making a hair oil[151].

Cultivation details

An easily grown plant, preferring a good loamy soil[1]. According to one report, this species is not cold-hardy in temperate zones[200], though a large healthy tree (planted in 1934?) was seen growing at Kew in 1989[K].

Propagation

Seed - sow February in a greenhouse. Variable germination rates[78]. 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[78].

Links

Permaculture.info Details of this plant in the Permaculture.info project, a community plant and permaculture database.

References

[K] Ken Fern
Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.

[1] F. Chittendon. RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 Oxford University Press 1951
Comprehensive listing of species and how to grow them. Somewhat outdated, it has been replaces in 1992 by a new dictionary (see [200]).

[11] Bean. W. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement. Murray 1981
A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures.

[78] Sheat. W. G. Propagation of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers. MacMillan and Co 1948
A bit dated but a good book on propagation techniques with specific details for a wide range of plants.

[105] Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976
The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.

[151] Wilson. E. H. and Trollope. M. N. Corean Flora. Royal Asiatic Society 1918
A very small handbook, it does give a little bit of information on Korean plants.

[174] Kariyone. T. Atlas of Medicinal Plants. 0
A good Japanese herbal.

[177] Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984 ISBN 3874292169
An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.

[183] Facciola. S. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications 1990 ISBN 0-9628087-0-9
Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world.

[200] Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

Readers Comments

Euodia daniellii

Srdjan Dusej-Antonijevic Mon Jul 21 05:11:02 2003

Has Euodia both male and female flowers or only hermaphrodite? See page 3. at http://www.quicknet.se/home/q-119076/bnb/archiv/bnb04e1.pdf

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Euodia daniellii

Maxim F. Gunninsky Tue Jun 27 2006

We've got two older trees of that species in our botanical garden here in Leipzig, Germany (Zone 7). Despite having had a rather cold winter this year with the ground frozen up to 50 cm they didn't show any signs of frost damages (contrary to our native ashes). So by this I'd say they probably grow fine from Zone 6 onwards in continental climates. If there are hardiness issues, then they could be related to the cool maritime climate in the UK.

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