Lardizabalaceae FAMILY

Stauntonia libera

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Stauntonia libera is an evergreen climbing shrub with woody stems 6 - 7 metres long that twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 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. , 1702 Title 820. Stauntonia libera Publication Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 2016 vol. 33 (1): pp. 10-14 Author Christenhusz M.J.M. Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 1702 Title 820. Stauntonia libera Publication Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 2016 vol. 33 (1): pp. 10-14 Author Christenhusz M.J.M. Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Xizang, Yunnan), northern Myanmar, northrn Vietnam

HabitatForest margins on mountain slopes; at elevations around 1,600 - 1,900 metres[ 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. ].