Senecio scandens Buch.-ham. ex D.Don

Délairéa odorant (fr), Séneçon grimpant (fr), Lierre d'Allemagne (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

A hermaphrodite evergreen plant. It grows 3.5-5m high.
Life form -
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Climbing in forests and thickets, on shrubs, over rocks, on buildings, by streams, on mountain slopes; at elevatons from sea level to 4,000 metres. Forests in the Himalayas; at elevations from 1,800-3,600 metres.
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Climbing in forests and thickets, on shrubs, over rocks, on buildings, by streams, on mountain slopes; at elevatons from sea level to 4,000 metres. Forests in the Himalayas; at elevations from 1,800-3,600 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Appendicitis (aerial part), Bronchitis (aerial part), Burns (aerial part), Conjunctivitis (aerial part), Dysentery (aerial part), Eczema (aerial part), Enteritis (aerial part), Erysipelas (aerial part), Influenza, human (aerial part), Jaundice (aerial part), Pneumonia (aerial part), Sepsis (aerial part), Tonsillitis (aerial part), Trichomonas infections (aerial part), Typhoid fever (aerial part), Pre-eclampsia (aerial part), Alexiteric (unspecified), Bite(Dog) (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Epidemic (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Tenesmus (unspecified), Vision (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Senecio scandens unspecified picture

Conservation status

Senecio scandens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:247478-1
WFO ID wfo-0000004967
COL ID 4WN2K
BDTFX ID 63049
INPN ID 122715
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Senecio solanifolius Cineraria chinensis Senecio confusus Senecio chinensis Senecio scandens

Lower taxons

Senecio scandens var. incisus Senecio scandens var. crataegifolius Senecio scandens var. scandens