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Tripterygium wilfordii

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Hooker f.

Common Names

• Lei gong teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• S. Jilin
• SE. Liaoning
• Sichuan
• N. Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• NE. Myanmar
• Japan
• Korea

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• forest
• shrubland
• montane thickets
• streamside shrubland
• secondary forest
• woodland

Flowering Times

• May-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Nov (China)

Deciduous scandent shrub, tree or semi-woody vines with terminal or axillary panicles to 380mm long of 6mm pale green or white flowers, 23mm 3-winged samara changing from green to red, pink or pinkish-purple, red-brown branchlets

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FOC
• NYBG
• Chudian 2001
• USNH
• JAA
• The Plant List 2