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Stephania cephalantha

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

Hayata

Common Names

• Jin qian diao wu gui (Pinyin)
• Tamasaki-tsuzurafuji (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• E. & S. Guizhou
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Shanxi?
• E. & S. Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Zhejiang - China
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges
• disturbed areas
• streamsides

Flowering Times

• Apr-May or Jun-Jul

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Jul or Aug-Sep

Deciduous perennial glabrous herbaceous vine with tuberous roots, male inflorescence an axillary panicle, dioecious axillary racemes up to 20-flowered, green 1mm flowers, ridged fruits a drupe, purple to red to 6.5mm diameter

Further References

• FOC
• Chujian 2001
• Mansfeld
• The Plant List 2