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Celastrus stylosus

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Wallich

Propagation

S.

Common Names

• Saunr (Raute)
• Xian zhu nan she teng (Pinyin)
• Muchinding (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Anhui
• Chongqing
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hunan
• Hubei
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• S. Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• India
• W. Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands - Indonesia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• N Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane areas
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Mar-May (China)
• May-Jul (Nepal)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Woody twining shrub to 12m with pubescent young growth, petioles glabrous. Serrated leaves to 80mm x 50mm. Axillary & lateral cymes of female flowers to 1mm, male flowers to 4mm, greenish-white flowers, petals to 4mm x 1.5mm. Fruit a yellow capsule to 12mm x 10mm.

Juice of root used to combat fever

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• JAA
• Flora Malesiana
• IFV