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Aristolochia kwangsiensis

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

W.Y. Chun & F. C. How ex C.F. Liang

Common Names

• Guang xi ma dou ling (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hunan
• Sichuan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest

Flowering Times

• Mar-May (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Sep (China)

Climbing hairy shrub with striate brown-hirsute stems. Hirsute leaves to 130mm x 320mm. Axillary racemes to 3 flowers, with bractlets to 6mm, dark purple flowers with a yellow throat to 50mm, dark purple calyx limb, horseshoe shaped tube to 35mm x 10mm, 3-lobed limb to 45mm diameter. Fruit a capsule to 100mm long x 20mm.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2