Aristolochia fontanesii Boiss. & Reut.

Aristoloche de Desfontaines (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.2-0.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Clayey and limy grassland and fields, on steep slopes, on dunes and coastal rocks; at elevations up to 215 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Cacoethes (unspecified), Cancer(Nose) (unspecified), Polyp(Nose) (unspecified), Sclerosis(Spleen) (unspecified), Sclerosis(Stomach) (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor(Liver) (unspecified), Tumor(Uterus) (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Sclerosis(Liver) (unspecified), Sclerosis(Uterus) (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Contraceptive agents (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 29
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Aristolochia fontanesii leaf picture by Maamar MEKAOUCHA (cc-by-sa)
Aristolochia fontanesii leaf picture by Maamar MEKAOUCHA (cc-by-sa)
Aristolochia fontanesii leaf picture by boualem felfoul (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Aristolochia fontanesii flower picture by abdelbadia redouani (cc-by-sa)
Aristolochia fontanesii flower picture by Felfoul Boualem (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Aristolochia fontanesii world distribution map, present in Bulgaria, Algeria, Spain, France, and Italy

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92939-1
WFO ID wfo-0000547799
COL ID 5VQZJ
BDTFX ID 103046
INPN ID 610795
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aristolochia atlantica Aristolochia attica Aristolochia longa Aristolochia multinervis Aristolochia pallida Aristolochia longa subsp. atlantica Aristolochia longa subsp. fontanesii Aristolochia longa var. abbreviata Aristolochia fontanesii