Colchicaceae FAMILY

Disporum cantoniense

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Disporum cantoniense is a herbaceous perennial plant with a thick, creeping rhizome, usually growing from 50 - 100cm tall, with occasional specimens to 150cm[ 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 sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia

HabitatCool shady places at elevations from 1,100 - 2,900 metres in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ]. Forests and thickets; at elevations from 700 - 3,000 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. ].