Stephania tetrandra

Botanical Description

Stephania tetrandra is a herbaceous, perennial climbing plant producing twining stems 1 - 3 metres long from a fleshy rootstock[ 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 one of the 50 fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine and so is commonly harvested from the wild for local use and for trade.