Lardizabalaceae FAMILY

Stauntonia yaoshanensis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Stauntonia yaoshanensis is a vigorous, evergreen climbing shrub with woody stems that can grow up to 30 metres long, twining into the surrounding vegetation for support[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is often used in traditional medicine, being commonly harvested from the wild[ 1703 Title Simultaneous quantitative analysis of nine triterpenoid saponins for the quality control of Stauntonia obovatifoliol Publication J. Sep. Sci. 2014, 37 , 3632-3640 Author Xuran Lu; Feng Qiu; Xueqiang Pan; Jing Li; Manyuan Wang & Mu Website http://10.1002/jssc.201400771 Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southern and eastern China

HabitatForests by streams; at elevations from 500 - 900 metres[ 1691 Title An Overview of Lardizabalaceae Publication Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 2012 vol. 29 (3): pp. 235-276 Author Christenhusz M.J.M. Publisher Year 2012 ISBN Description ]. Open forest on mountain slopes[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].