| Author: | Friedrich
Ludwig Emil Diels, 1910 |
| Family: |
MENISPERMACEAE |
| Origin: |
Cambodia,
Laos, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Soil: |
Mix - Rich |
| Water:
|
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
30
Centimetres |
| Height: |
8 Meters |
| Flower:
|
Greenish
Yellow - Orange |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Stephania
erecta,
William Grant Craib,
1922. |
This member of the Menispermaceae
family was described by Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels in 1910. It is
found in Asia, growing in a well drained but rich soil with some to
lots of water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 30 centimetres or
more, the vines to eight meters or more. The flowers are greenish
yellow to orange. The
genera name after Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher, 1804-1849, an
Austrian botanist who formulated a major system of plant
classification. The species name after Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre,
1833-1905, a French botanist known for his Asian studies. |
