Clematis gouriana Roxb. ex Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Clematis

Characteristics

Vines woody. Stems 3--5 m; branches longitudinally 5-grooved, puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves pinnate, 5-foliolate; petiole 1--7 cm, sparsely puberulous to subglabrous; leaflet blades ovate, narrowly ovate, or lanceolate, 2.4--10.5 × 1.2--5.5 cm, papery to subleathery, both surfaces glabrous or only sparsely puberulous on midveins, base rounded to subcordate, margin entire or rarely 1-denticulate, apex attenuate to acuminate; basal veins abaxially prominent. Cymes axillary or terminal, 9--100-flowered; peduncle 1.2--7 cm; bracts simple or foliaceous, triangular to ovate, 4--10 mm. Flowers 7--10 mm in diam. Pedicel 6--12 mm, puberulous. Sepals 4, white, spreading, narrowly obovate to obovate-oblong, 5--6 × 1.8--2 mm, abaxially usually densely puberulous, adaxially sparsely puberulous, margin abaxially velutinous, apex obtuse to truncate. Stamens 3--4.5 mm, glabrous; anthers narrowly oblong, 1.1--1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Ovaries pubescent. Style 3--3.8 mm, densely villous. Achenes lanceolate to fusiform, 3--3.5 × 1--1.5 mm, appressed puberulous; persistent style ca. 2 cm, plumose. Fl. Sep--Oct, fr. Nov--Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 4.5
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 c3

Environment

Subtropical and warm temperate, broad-leaved forests and forest margins, thickets, shrubberies and streamsides; at elevations up to 2,600 metres. Slopes, scrub, along streams; at elevations from 100-1,800 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses fiber medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antifungal agents (aerial part), Antiviral agents (aerial part), Antifungal agents (leaf), Anti-poisoning (leaf), Urinary bladder calculi (leaf), Anti-poisoning (stem), Urinary bladder calculi (stem), Vesicant (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Antiviral agents (whole plant excluding root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 270
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Clematis gouriana unspecified picture

Distribution

Clematis gouriana world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329403-2
WFO ID wfo-0000609987
COL ID VY2K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Clematis cana Clematis gouriana Clematis indica Clematis martini Clematis substipulata Clematis vitalba var. acuminatissima Clematis vitalba subsp. gouriana Clematis vitalba var. gouriana Clematis vitalba var. micrantha

Lower taxons

Clematis gouriana var. mollifolia