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Kadsura heteroclita

Botanic Family

Schisandraceae

Author

(Roxburgh) Craib

Common Names

• Yi xing nan wu wei zi (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hunan
• Hubei?
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Sikkim? - India
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riversides
• montane forest. Medicinal uses

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Dec Dec-Jan

Evergreen glabrous dioecious woody vine with glabrous stems, coriaceous leaves glabrous above to 145mm x 75mm. Axillary solitary white, cream or yellow flowers 20.5mm x 15mm, male flowers red to 4.5mm diameter, female flowers green to 4.1mm diameter & fruit a red berry to 24mm x 15mm

Further References

• FOC
• Flora Malesiana
• J.S. Gamble
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Kew