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Yua thomsonii

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(M.A. Lawson) C.L. Li

Common Names

• Yu teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• SW Fujian
• Guangxi
• SE Guizhou
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• SE Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Zhejiang-China
• India
• Nepal
• Assam

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forests

Flowering Times

• May-Jun (China) Summer

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep (China)

Woody tendril liana with bifid tendrils, 5 leaflets reddish-purple when young turning purple-green in Summer & bright red in Autumn, compound leaf-opposed dichasiums of greenish flowers with petals to 3.5mm, fruit a black-purple berry to 13mm diameter

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• GWC 1997
• The Plant List 2