WorldFloraDB - Aristolochia anguicida

Characteristics

Lianas, with slender stems. Leaves alternate, spiral, oblong-ovate, cordate, 7 to 10 cm. broad, 10 to 15 cm. long, glabrous. Pseudostipules usually present. Flowers axillary, rectilinear, ca. 2.0 to 2.5 cm. long, mottled purple, the utricle gib-bous, 0.9 cm. long, narrowing abruptly into the tube, ca. 1.0 cm. long, which widens gradually into a funnelform, un-equally monolobate limb. Fruit cylindric, 3 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, dehiscing acropetally. Seeds numerous, horizontally compressed, 0.4 cm. diameter, 1 mm. thick.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

2.0 - 3.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Soap (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Sialogogue (unspecified), Sternutatory (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	23 - 29
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-7
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-