Stauntonia brachyanthera

Botanical Description

Stauntonia brachyanthera is a large, evergreen climbing shrub with twining stems that climb into the surrounding vegetation[ 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 and also cultivated within its native range for its fruit and for medicinal purposes. It is an important economic crop locally, being traded for its fruit and also used medicinally as a substitute for the stem of Akebia species[ 1693 Title Chemical constituents from the roots and stems of Stauntonia brachyanthera Hand-Mazz and their bioactivities Publication Journal of Functional Foods 14 (2015) 374-383 Author Jing Zhao; Jia Guo; Yi Zhang; Dali Meng & Zhou Sha Website http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2015.02.009 Publisher Year 2015 ISBN Description , 1694 Title Diuretic Properties and Chemical Constituent Studies on Stauntonia brachyanthera Publication Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2015, Article ID 432419, 8 pages Author Xuan Li Liu, Dan Dan Wang, Zi Hao Wang, & Da Li Meng Website http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/432419 Publisher Year 2015 ISBN Description ].