''Decaisnea fargesii'', the blue sausage fruit,
[ blue bean shrub]Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a family of flowering plants.
The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, including the APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998), which places it in the order Ranunculales, in the clade eudic ...
, and is native to Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
, Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...
and China.[ It is a deciduous shrub which grows to 4 m tall][ and broad, but may achieve eventually.
It has divided leaves up to long. But its main attraction is the pendent bean-like pods which appear in autumn, and are an unusual blue-grey colour. It is fairly hardy - to - but requires a sheltered position.][
The species was first described in 1892 by the French botanist ]Adrien René Franchet
Adrien René Franchet (21 April 1834 in Pezou – 15 February 1900 in Paris) was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan, base ...
.[
Both the online ]Flora of China
The flora of China consists of a diverse range of plant species including over 39,000 vascular plants, 27,000 species of fungi and 3000 species of bryophytes.Wu, Z. Y., P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong, eds. 2006. Flora of China. Vol. 22 (Poaceae). S ...
[ and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)][ do not consider this a separate species from '']Decaisnea insignis
:''Decaisnea Lindl. is a synonym of Tropidia (plant), an orchid genus.''
''Decaisnea'' Hook.f &Thomson, (猫儿屎属 mao er shi shu) known commonly as dead man's fingers, blue bean plant or blue sausage fruit, is a genus (biology), genus of flo ...
'', but Plants of the World Online[ does.
]
See also
*''Meiogyne cylindrocarpa
''Meiogyne cylindrocarpa'', also known as fingersop, is a small tree shrub, in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Borneo, Java, Mariana Islands, the Marianas, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Vanuatu, and Western Austr ...
'' (fingersop)
References
Lardizabalaceae
Flora of Nepal
Flora of China
Flora of Tibet
Taxa named by Adrien René Franchet
Plants described in 1892
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