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Cynanchum wilfordii

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Maximowicz) Hooker f.

Common Names

• Ge shan xiao (Pinyin)
• Ko-ikema (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Gansu
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Liaoning
• Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• E. Russia

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• montane slopes
• disturbed areas
• grasslands

Flowering Times

• May-Sep (China)
• Jul-Aug (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Nearly glabrous stem twiner with thick leaves to 100mm x 80mm, umbels to 20 flowers, yellowish flowers with 5mm corolla lobes puberulent inside, follicles to 120mm x 14mm

Root has medicinal uses

Further References

• FOC
• Botanicus
• WFO
• FOJ
• Kew