Stemonaceae FAMILY

Stemona tuberosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The sap of the plant can cause skin irritation[ 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 ].

Botanical Description

Stemona tuberosa is a climbing plant, growing from a tuberous rootstock and producing stems 2 - 5 metres long that twine around other plants for support[ 612 Title Census of Stemona (Stemonaceae) in Thailand Publication Author Inthachub P.; Vajrodaya. S.; Duyfjes B.E.E.E. Website http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea Publisher Blumea Year 2010 ISBN 10.3767-00065 Description A monograph on the genus Stemona. First published in the publication Blumea, Vol 55, pp 143 - 152, it can be downloaded from the Internet as a PDF file. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and insecticide.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, northeast India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatDeciduous hardwood and dry dipterocarp forest with lots of bamboo, primary evergreen forest; on granite and shale bedrock and limestone outcrops; at elevations from 250 - 1,200 metres[ 612 Title Census of Stemona (Stemonaceae) in Thailand Publication Author Inthachub P.; Vajrodaya. S.; Duyfjes B.E.E.E. Website http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea Publisher Blumea Year 2010 ISBN 10.3767-00065 Description A monograph on the genus Stemona. First published in the publication Blumea, Vol 55, pp 143 - 152, it can be downloaded from the Internet as a PDF file. ].