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Danae racemosa (L.) Moench Ruscus hyrcanus Woron. Ruscus hypnophyllum L. Asparagaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

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Synonyms

Danae racemosa (L.) Moench: Ruscus racemosus L.

Ruscus hyrcanus Woron.: Ruscus aculeatus fo. verticillata Alexeenko in schedis.

Local Names

Azerbaijan: Hİrkan Big; Georgia: – dzmerkhli; English: Poet’s laurel.

Botany and Ecology

Ruscus hyrcanus and R. hypnophyllum: Perennial herbs from 25–40 cm. tall; stems with grooves, with usually 5 branches arising from the top of stem; one erect, and the remainder forming a whorl. Branchlets broadened and flattened as leaves, varying widely in shape, these usually ovate and arising in spiral from branch and these with prominent midrib. Inflorescences born from the base of branchlets and varies widely in position. Flowers with parts in 6, stamens 3, usually in clusters of 2–5, yellow-green. Fruit a large red berry. Dense thickets in forests up to 1200 m. Caucasus: Talysh, Caspian coast of Iran. Ruscus hyrcanus spreads by seed and by means of underground rhizomes and it can colonize extensive patches of ground.

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  1. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba P. Mehdiyeva & Valida M. Alizade

  2. Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Botanikuri St. 1, 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Manana Khutsishvili, Inesa Maisaia, Shalva Sikharulidze & David Tchelidze

  3. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, 5, Cholokasvili Ave, 0162, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

  4. Instituto de Ecología-UMSA, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Cota Cota Calle 27, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  5. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Mehdiyeva, N.P. et al. (2017). Danae racemosa (L.) Moench Ruscus hyrcanus Woron. Ruscus hypnophyllum L. Asparagaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_44

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