Fabaceae FAMILY

Shuteria ferruginea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shuteria ferruginea is a slender, many-branched, perennial climbing plant with twining stems; it can grow 1 - 3 metres tall[ 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 harvested fom the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

HabitatMountains, open forests, roadsides, rocky soils; at elevations from 200 - 2,300 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. ].