Dioscoreaceae FAMILY

Dioscorea futschauensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dioscorea futschauensis is a perennial climbing plant growing from a horizontal, irregularly cylindrical rhizome 10 - 35mm thick. A number of twining stems are produced, the stems twining to the left[ 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 for use in traditional Chinese medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southeast China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang)

HabitatScrub forests, mountain slopes, ravines, roadsides; at elevations from near sea level to 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. ].