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Callerya oosperma

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

(Dunn) Z. Wei & Pedley

Common Names

• E mei ji xue teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• SW Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• SW Hunan
• Guizhou
• Yunnan-China
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Woodland.

Flowering Times

• May-Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Nov (China) Jan

Liana to 20m with glabrescent stems. 5-foliolate leaves to 400mm long, leaflets to 200mm x 80mm.Tterminal panicles to 200mm of 20mm scarlet flowers. Inflated hairy brown seed pods to 130mm long x 25mm with beaked apex.

Poisonous seeds

Roots & stems have medicinal uses. Seeds poisonous & used as insecticide.

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2