Vitaceae FAMILY

Cayratia trifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cayratia trifolia is a usually deciduous climbing shrub with stems that can be 2 - 20 metres long. The stems are produced from a tuberous rootstock, they climb into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves by means of tendrils that end in adhesive disks[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and sometimes as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea to the Pacific.

HabitatThickets and open forests at elevations up to 400 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. Forests on hillsides or by streams, on rocks; at elevations from 500 - 1,000 metres in southwest China[ 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. ].