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Description

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Vines climbing. Stem branched, to 10 m, woody, sometimes sparsely prickly. Petiole 0.7--2 cm, usually twisted, narrowly winged for 1/2--3/4 its length; abscission zone subapical; tendrils commonly present. Leaf blade usually becoming bronze-colored when dried, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 7--12(--15) × 1.5--3.5(--5) cm. Inflorescence of 1 umbel, basally sometimes prophyllate; peduncle slender, 1.5--3.5 cm; umbels of both sexes 5--25-flowered, base scarcely thickened. Male flowers: tepals greenish white or pale green, 2--3 × ca. 1 mm; stamens ca. 1.5 mm. Female flowers: tepals 1.5--2 × ca. 0.8 mm; staminodes 3. Berries purplish black, globose, ca. 8 mm in diam. Fl. Apr--May, fr. Oct--Nov.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 24: 109 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Vietnam].
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 24: 109 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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Habitat

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Forests, thickets, shaded places along valleys or streams; near sea level to 1500 m.
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cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 24: 109 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras