Fabaceae FAMILY

Callerya speciosa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Callerya speciosa is a climbing shrub growing 1 - 5 metres tall and clambering into the surrounding vegetation where it attaches itself by means of tendrils. The plant produces several, fleshy, tuberous swellings at the roots[ 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. , 1532 Title A Revision of Callerya Endl. (including Padbruggea and Whitfordiodendron) (Papilionaceae; Millettieae) Publication Blumea 39 (1994) 1-40 Author Schot A.M. Publisher Year 1994 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local and commercial use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan), northern Vietnam

HabitatOpen places, sparse woodlands;at elevations from 200 - 1,700 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. ]. Dry level land, open forest, forested ravines, in thickets; on dry clayey or sandy soil among scattered shrubs, trailing over trees and tall shrubs[ 1532 Title A Revision of Callerya Endl. (including Padbruggea and Whitfordiodendron) (Papilionaceae; Millettieae) Publication Blumea 39 (1994) 1-40 Author Schot A.M. Publisher Year 1994 ISBN Description ].