Icacinaceae FAMILY

Iodes scandens

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Iodes scandens is an evergreen, scrambling shrub or climbing plant with branched, woody stems that attach themselves to the nearby vegetation by means of tendrils. The stems can be 35 metres or mores long and around 8cm in diameter[ 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. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - eastern Indonesia (Maluka) to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

HabitatClimber over shrubs or a high liana in primary and secondary rain-forest; at elevations from sea-level to 700 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]