Characteristics
A climbing shrub. The branches are ribbed. They are hairy. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are 2-11 cm long by 1-5.4 cm wide. They are oval and with coarse teeth. Sometimes the leaflets are deeply 3 lobed. The flowers are creamy white. The fruit is dry and one seeded and densely hairy.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
-
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| Growth support |
climber
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| Foliage retention |
evergreen
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| Sexuality |
-
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
-
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
It is a temperate plant. It grows from 900-2000 m altitude in Nepal. It grows in shady, cool places.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
Tender shoots and leaves are cooked as a vegetable. CAUTION: Most Clematis contain an irritant poison.
| Uses |
poison
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| Edible
|
leaves
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| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
30 - 270
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
21 - 23
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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