Stephania glabra

Botanical Description

Stephania glabra is a herbaceous, perennial climbing plant producing twining stems from a large, underground tuber[ 785 Title Medicinal Plants of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Publication Author Nguyen Van Duong Publisher Mekong Printing; Vietnam (Printers) Year 1993 ISBN 0-9837303-1-2 Description Published by the author, this is an excellent book on the medicinal attributes of plants growing in the area that used to be called Indo-China. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and for making containers. Although not currently evaluated in the IUCN Red List of endangered plant species, this plant is regarded as endangered in some parts of its range because of its overharvesting for medicinal purposes[ 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. ].