Ehretia microphylla, synonym Carmona retusa, also known as the Fukien tea tree or Philippine tea tree, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
Contents
- 1 Description
- 2 Uses
- 3 Products
- 3.1 Brussel's Bonsai Live Trident Maple Outdoor Bonsai Tree 5 Years Old 8"-12" Tall with Decorative Container, Medium
- 3.2 Brussel's Bonsai Live Chinese Sweet Plum Indoor Bonsai Tree - 5 Years Old 6" to 10" Tall with Decorative Container,
- 3.3 Chinese Elm Bonsai Tree Seeds - 30 Seeds - Prized Bonsai Specimen
- 3.4 Brussel's Bonsai Live Dwarf Jade Bonsai Tree, Indoor - Small, 3 Years Old, 5 to 8 Inches Tall - Jade Tree in Zen Ceramic Bonsai Pot
- 3.5 Brussel's Bonsai Live Green Mound Juniper Bonsai Tree - Medium, 5 Year, 6 to 10 Inches - Outdoor Bonsai Tree with Rock Bonsai Pot with Bonsai Tray
- 3.6 Brussel's Bonsai Live Chinese Elm Bonsai Tree, Outdoor - Small, 5 Years Old, 6 to 8 inches Tall - Includes Ceramic Bonsai Pot and Humidity Tray
- 3.7 Brussel's Bonsai Live Chinese Sweet Plum Indoor Bonsai Tree-5 Years Old 6" to 10" Tall with Decorative Container, Medium, Blank & Brussel's 8" Humidity Tray with Decorative Rocks
- 3.8 Bonsai Boy e2791 Fukien Tea Flowering Bonsai Tree with Curved Trunk Style - Ehretia Microphylla - Extra Large
- 3.9 Bonsai Boy Flowering Fukien Tea Bonsai Tree - Medium Curved Trunk Style ehretia microphylla
- 3.10 Bonsai Boy's Flowering Fukien Tea Bonsai Tree - Curved Trunk Medium - Small Leaf ehretia microphylla
Description
Ehretia microphylla is a shrub growing to 4 m height, with long, straggling, slender branches. It is deciduous during the dry season. Its leaves are usually 10–50 mm long and 5–30 mm wide, and may vary in size, texture, colour and margin. It has small white flowers 8–10 mm in diameter with a 4–5 lobed corolla, and drupes 4–6 mm in diameter, ripening brownish orange.
Uses
The plant is popular in Penjing in China. The leaves are used medicinally in the Philippines to treat cough, colic, diarrhea and dysentery.
Last update on 2022-01-29. Price and availability of products may change.