Stephania

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Stephania in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Stephania (perhaps a personal name; or by some derived from the Greek word for a garland or crown). Menispermaceae. More than 30 climbing shrubs (rarely herbs) of the Old-World tropics, as defined by Diels in Engler's Das Pflanzenreich, hft. 46 (IV. 94), 1910, differing from Cocculus in the solitary ovary, often more than 3-merous fls., and a nearly basal rather than nearly terminal style-scar: lvs. usually peltate: fls. in axillary, simple or compound clusters, diclinous; males with 6-10 free sepals, 3-5 fleshy petals, and 6 connate anthers; females with 3-5 sepals, petals like those of the males, 1 ovary with 3-6-parted style: fr. a glabrous drupe with ring-like seed. The species are little known in cult., although the following may be expected in southern regions or sometimes under glass as an ornamental climber. S. herandifolia, Walp., in India, Austral., Afr., and Malaya, has striate glabrous branches, and ovate or somewhat deltoid obtuse or acute more or less pubescent lvs. 3-6 in. across: fls in capitate peduncled puberulent umbels of 8-12 rays: drupes red. S. japonica, Miers (Cocculus japonicus. DC.), a common roadside weed in parts of China and Japan, has glabrous lvs. and infl.; probably not cult. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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