Stechender Mäusedorn
Ruscus aculeatus · auch: Mäusedorn, Stechender-
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Andere Namen
Stacheliger MäusedornStechmyrteDornmyrteRuscus
Merkmale
Steckbrief
Familie
Asparagaceae
Gattung
Ruscus
Ordnung
Asparagales
Klasse
Liliopsida
Habitat
Outskirts of dry woods and in moist uncultivated ground especially on chalk.
Essbarkeit
★☆☆☆☆
Heilwirkung
★★★☆☆
Licht
4/10
Feuchtigkeit
4/10
Boden
5/10
pH-Wert pH 5.5 – 6.5
Anbau & Pflege
Tolerant of most soils, including chalky and heavy clay soils. Prefers a shady position, tolerating dense dry shade and bad growing conditions, including the drip-line of trees. Dislikes much wetness at the roots. Established plants are drought resistant. A very hardy plant, when fully dormant it can tolerate temperatures down to about -25°c. Plants have a slowly creeping tough rootstock and eventually form large clumps. Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus. Plants are unusual in that the flowers are produced from the middle of the leaf. Although normally dioecious, some hermaphrodite forms are known. One of these is called 'Sparkler'. Male and female plants must usually be grown if seed is required.
Vermehrung: Seed - sow the seed thinly in early spring in a cold frame in light shade. The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more. Grow the seedlings on in the pot in light shade in the greenhouse for their first growing season, giving occasional liquid feeds to ensure they do not suffer nutrient deficiencies. Prick them out into individual pots in the following spring and grow them on for at least another year in the pots before planting them out in early summer. Be very sure to protect the seedlings from slugs[K]. Division as the plant comes into growth in early spring. Larger divisions can be planted out direct into their permanent positions. We have found it best to pot up the smaller divisions and grow them on in a lightly shaded position in a cold frame, planting them out once they are well established in the summer.
Essbare Verwendung
Edible Parts: Shoots Stem Edible Uses: Coffee Young shoots - cooked. They are harvested in the spring as they grow through the soil and used as an asparagus substitute. The taste is pungent and rather bitter. The roasted seed is a coffee substitute.
Weitere Nutzung
Broom Scourer Mature shoots are bound into bunches and used as scourers or as besoms.
Verbreitung
Heimisch: Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jardín Botánico de Bogotá, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe
Eingeführt: Germany, Ireland, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast
Alternative deutsche Namen
Maeusedorn
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