Ancistrocladaceae FAMILY

Ancistrocladus tectorius

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ancistrocladus tectorius is a climbing or scandent shrub, clinging on to supports by means of recurved to spiralling hooks on the lateral branches[ 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. ]. In forests it can produce stems up to 20 metres long and 10mm in diameter, but is more likely to be shrub-like and smaller when growing in the open[ 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. , 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 sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a flavouring and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Myanmar, Malaysia to Indo-China.

HabitatEvergreen tropical forests in valleys and on slopes from sea level to 1,600 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. ]. Low elevations, often near the sea, sometimes on the margin of the beach, mostly on siliceous soils, both in mixed forest and padang scrub[ 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 ].