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Stephania rotunda

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

Loureiro

Common Names

• Cu mot
• Tu nhien
• Cu binh voi
• Xi zang di bu rong (Pinyin)
• Barkuli Lahara or Batulpate or Nimi Lahara (Nepal)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• S. Xizang - China
• E. NW. & S. India
• Java - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• secondary vegetation
• bushland
• jungle

Flowering Times

• Jun-Jul (China)
• May-Jun (Nepal)

Fruiting Times

Twining glabrous herbaceous liana, glabrous peltate leaves, axillary umbels of flowers, up to 4 petals, fruit a berry, tuberous root. Glabrous herbaceous twining perennial vine from woody tuber with glabrous leaves. Axillary cymes, 3.5mm flowers. Ridged red fruit, a flattened drupe,

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOC
• Academia WWF NepalFOTh