Ranunculaceae FAMILY

Clematis dioica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clematis dioica is a rather variable climbing shrub producing stems up to 15 metres long[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ]. The flowers are usually either male or female, though with occasional hermaphrodite flowers[ 273 Title Clematis - The Genus Publication Author Grey-Wilson. C. Publisher B. T. Batsford. London. Year 2000 ISBN 0-7134-7659-1 Description An excellent and well illustrated concise guide to all the known specis of Clematis. ]. The plant is gathered from the wild for its use in traditional medicine[ 273 Title Clematis - The Genus Publication Author Grey-Wilson. C. Publisher B. T. Batsford. London. Year 2000 ISBN 0-7134-7659-1 Description An excellent and well illustrated concise guide to all the known specis of Clematis. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America from Argentina north to Mexico and the Caribbean.

HabitatThickets and woodland margins in limestone areas at elevations from 60 - 840 metres[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ].