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Aristolochia debilis

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Siebold & Zuccarini

Common Names

• Ma dou ling (Pinyin)
• Uma-no-suzu-kusa (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Shandong
• Sichuan
• Zhejiang - China
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan

Natural Habitats

• Montane thickets
• lowland thickets and meadows

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug (China)
• Jun-Aug (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Scandent glabrous perennial twiner with creeping rhizomes. Glabrous leaves to 70mm x 50mm. Axillary solitary or paired 25mm long yellow-green flowers with dark purple throat, with bractlets to 3mm x 3mm, yellow-green calyx with dark purple throat, utricle 5mm diameter, tube 25mm x 3mm, limb 30mm x 10mm. Fruit capsule to 15mm x 60mm .

Medicinal uses

Further References

• FOC
• Asia Floranet
• The Plant List 2
• FOJ