Aspidocarya uvifera Hook.F. & Thomson

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Aspidocarya

Characteristics

Vines up to 7 m or longer. Stems striate, pubescent to glabrescent. Leaves slightly peltate; petiole 0.8-1.5 cm, striate, swollen and geniculate at base, pubescent to glabrescent; leaf blade ovoid-cordate or broadly ovoid-cordate, entire or rarely 3-lobed, 9-18 × 8-16 cm, papery, pubescent on both surfaces, usually denser adaxially, sometimes only pubescent on veins abaxially, base often deeply cordate, apex caudate-acuminate, palmately 5-7-veined at base, with 2-3 pairs of lateral veins prominent abaxially. Inflorescences laxly paniculate, up to 30(-50) cm, pubescent. Male flowers: outer sepals 1(-1.5) mm, middle whorl 2(-2.5) mm, inner whorl 2.5(-3.3) mm, puberulent, innermost whorl conspicuously concave, slightly transparent, 3(-3.5) × ca. 2 mm; petals 6, ca. 2 × 1-1.5 mm, light yellow; synandrium (2-)2.5 mm. Female flowers not seen. Infructescences slightly stout, puberulent; pedicels 1-1.5 cm, apex swollen or capitate. Drupes red when mature, ellipsoidal, ca. 2 cm; endocarp 1.2-1.6 cm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Oct.
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A vine. It grows 7 m long. The stems have lines along them and can be hairy. The leaves are oval to heart shaped and 9-18 cm long by 8-16 cm wide. The fruit are red when mature and oval. They are 2 cm long.
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A tropical plant. In Yunnan in China it grows between 600-1000 m above sea level. In Northeastern India it grows up to 1,800 m above sea level. It grows in monsoonal rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution

Aspidocarya uvifera world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:580213-1
WFO ID wfo-0000552287
COL ID HGZJ
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Synonyms

Aspidocarya uvifera