Rhamnaceae FAMILY

Berchemia floribunda

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Berchemia floribunda is an erect to scrambling shrub[ 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 from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam.

HabitatMountain forests, understories of forests and thickets on slopes, forest margins, valleys; at elevations up to 2,600 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. ].