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Sinomenium acutum

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

(Thunberg) Rehder & E.H. Wilson

Common Names

• Feng long (Pinyin)
• Tsuzura-fuji (Japan)
• Ō-tsuzura-fuji (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• N. Guangdong
• N. Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• S. Shanxi
• Sichuan
• SE. Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• N. India
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Nepal
• N. Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jul (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Autumn

Large woody twining climber with nearly glabrous branches, 5-7 angled, lobed or cleft leaves to 100mm x 120mm. Axillary pilose panicles to 300mm of 4mm pubescent yellow flowers & red, blue-black to dark purple or black drupe to 7mm x 5mm

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• JAA
• FOJ