WorldFloraDB - Aristolochia rotunda

Characteristics

A medium sized herb. The stems can be 60 cm high. It has a tuberous root. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are oval or heart shaped. They clasp the stem. The flowers are 3-5 cm long. They are yellow with a long brown limb bent over the opening of the straight tube.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.6

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

c3

Environment

It grows in hedges and dry fields. It is often in rocky and stony places. It grows in Mediterranean countries.

More

Found amongst shrubs and herbaceous plants along the sides of roads, in fields and in meadows.

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

Usage

The starch of the root is a famine food for extending bread flour, after removing the acrid element. CAUTION: Many plants in this group are poisonous.

Uses	medicinal poison
Edible	roots
Therapeutic use	Amenorrhea (root), Antidotes (root), Anti-inflammatory agents (root), Asthenia (root), Cough (root), Menstruation-inducing agents (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Wound healing (root), Deobstruent (root), Poison (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified)
Human toxicity	toxic (whole)
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°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-