Menispermaceae FAMILY

Cyclea barbata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cyclea barbata is a slender herbaceous climbing plant with stems that can become somewhat woody and persist. The stems can be up to 8 metres long, growing from a slightly fleshy, tuberous rootstock[ 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. , 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 ]. The plant is occasionally cultivated, but is mainly gathered from the wild as a food and for its use in traditional medicine[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia.

HabitatFound in forest, including teak forest and bamboo forest, and in grassland with scrub vegetation, sometimes on limestone, at elevations up to 1,100 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. , 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 ].