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Stephania tetrandra
About
Botryodiscia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It includes a single species, Botryodiscia tetrandra, is a herbaceous perennial vine or scrambling subshrub native native to southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It grows from a short, woody caudex, climbing to a height of around three meters. The leaves are arranged spirally on the stem, and are peltate, i.e. with the leaf petiole attached near the centre of the leaf. Its root is used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
- Family
- Menispermaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Stephania tetrandra
- Slug
- stephania-tetrandra
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Genus
- Stephania
- Species
- tetrandra
- Wikidata QID
- Q1023664
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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