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Stauntonia angustifolia

Botanic Family

Lardizabalaceae

Author

(Wallich) Wallich

Common Names

• Wu yue gua teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hubei
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• E. Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Bhutan
• Assam
• Sikkim - India
• Myanmar
• Nepal

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges & streamsides
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Apr-May

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct

Monoecious evergreen glabrous woody twiner with palmate leaves with 5-9 leaflets more than twice as long as wide. Racemes or fascicles of 16mm purple-red flowers, white inside & purple fruit to 90mm long, 5-9 leaflets more than twice as long as wide

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• Kew