Gynura cusimbua S.Moore

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gynura

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, robust. Stems procumbent in lower part, erect above, green or purplish, 150-300 cm tall, 1.5-2 cm in diam., fleshy, woody at base, much corymbosely branched, conspicuously canaliculate, glabrous or ± hairy in upper part. Leaves large, sessile or shortly petiolate; blade abaxially sometimes becoming purplish, adaxially green, obovate, oblong-elliptic, elliptic, or oblong-lanceolate, (5-)10-30 × 4-11 cm, both surfaces glabrous, lateral veins 12-30-paired, base cuneately attenuate into short petiole or sessile with expanded semiamplexicaul broad auricle, margin irregularly sharply serrate, mucronulate, apex acuminate. Upper leaves smaller, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, apex long acuminate or caudate-acute. Capitula 10-12 mm in diam., usually 4-15 in terminal corymbose panicles; synflorescence branches unequal; peduncles 1.5-3 cm, slender, with 2 or 3 filiform-linear bracts, shortly pubescent. Involucres narrowly campanulate or cylindric, 12-17 × 8-12 mm; bracts of calyculus 7-9, linear-filiform; phyllaries 13-15, linear or linear-lanceolate, 13-15 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous or subglabrous, conspicuously 3-ribbed, margin scarious, apically acuminate. Florets ca. 50; corolla orange, 11-13 mm; tube 7-9 mm, slender, dilated in upper part. Achenes brownish, 4-4.5 mm, puberulent, 10-ribbed. Pappus hairs numerous, white, 10-15 mm, silky, easily deciduous. Fl. Sep-Oct.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are robust and the lower parts can lie along the ground. They are green or purple and 1.5-3.0 m tall. The stems are up to 2 cm across. They are fleshy but woody at the base. The leaves are large and without leaf stalks. They can be purplish underneath. The leaves are broadly oval and 10-30 cm long by 4-11 cm wide. The leaves higher up are smaller.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 3.0
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It is a subtropical plant. In southern China it grows on slopes and grasslands between 1,300-3,400 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The shoots are cooked and eaten. They are also used in soups.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
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Images

Gynura cusimbua unspecified picture

Distribution

Gynura cusimbua world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:211244-1
WFO ID wfo-0000002422
COL ID 3HX6M
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Synonyms

Cacalia cusimbua Kleinia cusimbua Porophyllum cusimbua Crassocephalum cusimbua Gynura angulosa Gynura cusimbua var. cusimbua Gynura cusimbua