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Kadsura lanceolata

Botanic Family

Schisandraceae

Author

King

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, edible fruit, ornamental with cultivars

Common Names

• Nâm xôi (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• China
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Pahang
• Perak
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Tropical forest
• subalpine or montane forests
• hill forest

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Sep

Fruiting Times

Large woody slender dioecious climber with glabrous stems, coriaceous glabrous leaves to 145mm x 60mm. Solitary axillary flowers outer segments pink to dark red, inner segments cream to bright yellow, male flowers 6.6mm diameter x 6mm, female flowers 5mm diameter, red or yellow berries to 6.6mm x 6mm

Medicinal uses, edible fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• Flora Malesiana
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• GBS
• Kew