Viorne chock

The viorne chock is a Arbrisseau areas the Mediterranean of the family of the Adoxacées (formerly classified in the Caprifoliacées).

Scientific name: Viburnum tinus L.

Common nouns: viburnum, laurustine, lauretin. One meets sometimes the orthography “laurustine”, which is an error, this plant not having no relationship with the Thym.

Description

Shrub from 2 to 3 meters in height, with the buissonnant port, of round general form.

The Sheet S opposed, persistent, oval, coriaces, whole, are of color dark green and have a petiole runs.

The Fleur S, white or slightly dew, are gathered in Corymbe S ressérés in form the ombelles ones. Flowering intervenes early, at the end of the winter and at the beginning of spring.

The Fruit S fleshy, globulous, 5 mms in diameter approximately, are luisants, of bluish color black to maturity, about May-June. These are Drupe S, whose core contains only one Graine.

Distribution

Species originating in the Mediterranean basin: North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya), the Middle East (Israel, Lebanon, Turkey), southernmost Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Albania, Greece). Is also in the the Azores and the the Canaries.

Plant spread elsewhere by the culture. Enough attends in the gardens.

Property

The ripe fruits are not of food interest. Before maturity they would be slightly toxic, causing digestive disorders like those of the others Viorne S (kind Viburnum )

Use

Cultivated like plants decorative for its foliage persisting and its winter flowering. Used as decorative shrub, in the hedges, and often cultivated out of pots and control in high-stem in the form of round ball. There are varieties with mixed sheets.

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