Aristolochia kaempferi Willd.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochia

Characteristics

Shrubs climbing, somewhat herbaceous. Stems terete, striate, villous, glabrescent. Petiole 1.5-6 cm, densely villous; leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, obovate-oblong, or linear, 3-18 × 0.3-8 cm, papery, abaxially sparsely white villous, adaxially glabrous, veins palmate, 2-4 pairs from base, base shallowly cordate to auriculate, sinus 0.5-1 cm deep, margin lobed or entire, apex acute to acuminate. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired. Peduncle usually pendulous, 2-7 cm, pubescent; bractlets brownish, ovate to lanceolate or subrotund, 5-15 × 3-15 mm, inserted at base or middle of peduncle, with short stalk or sessile and amplexicaul. Calyx yellow-green with purple veins, throat yellow, 3-4 cm; tube horseshoe-shaped, abaxially villous; basal portion of tube 20-25 × 30-80 mm; limb discoid-subrotund, 2-3 cm in diam., 3-lobed; lobes broadly ovate. Anthers oblong, ca. 1 mm. Gynostemium 3-lobed. Capsule cylindric or ovoid, 3-7 × 1.5-2 cm, dehiscing basipetally. Seeds obovoid, 3-4 × 2-3 mm. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Jun-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Forests, thickets, mountain slopes.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cough (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Asthma (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

Aristolochia kaempferi unspecified picture

Distribution

Aristolochia kaempferi world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93038-1
WFO ID wfo-0000547928
COL ID 7RTNH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aristolochia kaempferi f. lineata Aristolochia kaempferi Hocquartia kaempferi Aristolochia heterophylla Aristolochia neolongifolia Isotrema kaempferi Isotrema chrysops Isotrema heterophylla Isotrema lasiops Aristolochia chrysops Aristolochia kaempferi f. heterophylla Aristolochia lineata Aristolochia mollis Aristolochia kaempferi var. longifolia Aristolochia kaempferi var. pallescens Aristolochia kaempferi f. longifolia Aristolochia kaempferi f. mirabilis