Lardizabalaceae FAMILY

Stauntonia latifolia

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Stauntonia latifolia is an evergreen climbing shrub, though it can be almost deciduous in cold winters. It grows up to 6 metres tall with main stems up to 10cm in diameter that twine into the neaby vegetation for support. It sometimes forms massive, impenetrable stands in the wild[ 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. , 1701 Title 741. Stauntonia latifolia Publication Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 2012 vol. 29 (3): pp. 297-302 Author Christenhusz M.J.M. Publisher Year 2012 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental and is sometimes cultivated in southern Europe for its edible fruits[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayan regions of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern China

HabitatForests, shrubberies and shady ravines; at elevations below 4,000 metres[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ]. Forests, mixed forests by streams or other shady moist sites, forest margins on mountain slopes, along valleys; at elevations from 600 - 3,000 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. ].