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Family: MENISPERMACEAE 
 Stephania cephalantha
 

Photo by Lu Ning, who grows this plant commercially.

  
Author:  Bunzô Hayata 1913
Family:  Menispermaceae
Habitat:  Southwest China, Taiwan
Soil:  Well drained organic.
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium-Maximum
Thickness:  20 Centimetres or more
Height:  2 Metres or more
Flower:  Green
Reproduction:  Seeds/(Cuttings?)
Pop names:  -
Synonyms:  Stephania tetrandra var. glabra Maxim. 1883. Stephania disciflora Hand.-Mazz. 1931. Common misspelling: S. cepharantha.

Photo by Lu Ning.

     This member of the Menispermaceae family was given this name by Bunzô Hayata in 1913. It is found in the mountain regions of southwest China and Taiwan, growing in a well drained organic rich soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The plants are dioecious: Either the plant are male or female, and the flowers are insignificant and green. The caudex can grow to at least 20 centimetres in diameter with vines reaching two metres or more.

Photo by Lu Ning.