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Asparagus cochinchinensis

Botanic Family

Asparagaceae

Author

(Loureiro) Merrill

Common Names

• Tian men dong (Pinyin)
• Thien mon (Vietnam)
• Day back bô (Vietnam)
• Day tut tiên (Vietnam)
• Kusa-sugi-kazura (Japan)
• Temmondō (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Anhui
• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hebei
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Laos
• Philippines
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forested slopes
• wasteland
• coastal

Flowering Times

• May-Jun (China)
• May (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Sep (China)

Dioecious rhizomatous climbing or twining undershrub or herb climbing to 2m by spines, spines to 6mm, glabrous stems. Scale-leaves to 8mm long, cladodes 45mm x 2.5mm. Axillary umbels, male flowers 3.5mm x 0.7mm greenish or white, female similar. 8mm diameter white berry.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• FOJ
• Kew