Kadsura angustifolia A.C.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Austrobaileyales > Schisandraceae > Kadsura

Characteristics

Plants glabrous throughout. Petiole 1-1.7 cm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, 9.5-14 × 2.5-4.5 cm, papery to subleathery, secondary veins 7-13 on each side of midvein, base cuneate, margin subentire, denticulate, serrulate, or serrate, apex acuminate to long acuminate. Flower peduncle 9-10 mm (staminate), 1-1.2 cm (pistillate). Tepals 9-15, whitish, largest 7.5-8.5 × 5-6 mm. Staminate flowers: stamens ca. 50; staminodes absent. Pistillate flowers: carpels ca. 80. Fruit peduncle ca. 4 cm; apocarps 9-10.5 × 8-9.5 mm. Seed 1 per apocarp, discoid, 6-7.5 × 6.5-7 mm. Fl. Jun, fr. Sep.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Forests at elevations from 900-1,800 metres in southern China.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
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Distribution

Kadsura angustifolia world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:554559-1
WFO ID wfo-0000357320
COL ID 3QXW3
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Synonyms

Kadsura guangxiensis Kadsura angustifolia