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Aristolochia moupinensis

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Franchet

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C

Common Names

• Huai tong (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guizhou
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Sichuan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China

Natural Habitats

• Forest & thickets
• streamside.

Flowering Times

• May-Jun (China) Early summer

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Yellow-hairy twining shrub with striate stems. Leaves to 160mm x 120mm, strigose above, grey-villous beneath. Axillary solitary or paired 50mm pale green, yellow spotted purple flowers, yellow calyx with purple veins to 50mm, tube to 30mm x 10mm, 3-lobed limb to 35mm diameter. Fruit capsule to 80mm long x 35mm with 6 ridges.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FOC
• GWC 1997
• The Plant List 2