Stephania pierrei

Botanical Description

Stephania pierrei is a herbaceous, perennial climbing plant producing twining stems 8 metres or more long from a tuberous rootstock that can be 30cm or more wide[ 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.