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Cynanchum boudieri

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

H. Léveillé & Vaniot

Common Names

• Zhe guan niu pi xiao (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hebei
• henan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges
• thickets
• riversides

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Dec (China)

Puberulent tuberous twiner to 5m, leaves to 180mm x 170mm. Racemes to 30 white flowers, corolla to 10mm, lobes to 6mm x 1.7mm, corona deeply 5-lobed. Follicle 110mm long x 10mm with 2 longitudinal ridges

Root tubers have medicinal uses

Further References

• FOC
• WFO
• Kew