WorldFloraDB - Kadsura longepedunculata

Characteristics

Plants glabrous throughout. Petiole 0.6-1.7(-3) cm; leaf blade elliptic to rarely ovate-elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 5.5-12(-15) × 2-4.5(-6.5) cm, papery to leathery, secondary veins 4-8 on each side of midvein, base cuneate to rarely broadly cuneate, margin subentire, denticulate, serrulate, or serrate, apex shortly to long acuminate. Flower peduncle 1.2-4(-6.4) cm (staminate), (1-)3-5(-16) cm (pistillate). Tepals 10-15(-20), pale yellow, yellow, or occasionally reddish, largest 4-7(-13) × 3-6(-10) mm. Staminate flowers: stamens 26-54; staminodes absent. Pistillate flowers: carpels 20-58. Fruit peduncle 2.5-9.5 cm; apocarps red, purple, or rarely black, 6.5-11.5(-15) × 4.5-6.5(-11) mm. Seeds 1-3 per apocarp, reniform, 3.5-4.5 × 4.5-6 mm. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Sep-Dec. 2n = 28*.

More

A vine. The leaf stalks are up to 2 cm long. The leaf blade is narrowly oval and 6-12 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They are papery or leathery. The leaf base is wedge shaped. The flower stalk is 4 cm long. The male and female flowers are separate. They fruit stalk is 3-9 cm long. The fruit sections are 7-12 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. There are 1-3 seeds per section. The seeds are kidney shaped.

Life form

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Growth form

shrub

Growth support

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Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

3.5

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

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

In China it grows near rivers from 100-1,300 m altitude. It grows in temperate and tropical locations. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

More

Stream edges and damp shady places. Forests and slopes below 1000 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	brewing medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Cough (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Internulcer (unspecified), Neurasthenia (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified), Congestion (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified), Gastritis (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Arthritis (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:554584-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000357343
COL ID	3QXWS
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Kadsura omeiensis Kadsura discigera Kadsura peltigera Kadsura longepedunculata

WorldFloraDB 2024

Kadsura longepedunculata Finet & Gagnep.

Species