Hemiboea bicornuta
(Hayata) Ohwi
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Description
A herb. It has stems 20-100 cm long. It keeps growing from year to year and has runners. The leaves are opposite and simple. They are 7-20 cm long by 3-5 cm wide and on leaf stalks 2-6 cm long. The flowers occur in groups of 3 or more. The fruit is a capsule which is narrow and slightly curved. It is 2.2-2.5 cm long and 3-4 mm wide. The seeds are narrow and 0.5 mm long.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. In Taiwan it grows at low to medium altitudes on the edges of moist forests and near streams. It grows between 300-2,200 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, Japan, Ryukyu, Taiwan,
Notes
There are 23 Hemiboea species. They are mostly in China and Japan.
Synonyms
References (1)
- Kuo, W. H. J., (Ed.) Taiwan's Ethnobotanical Database (1900-2000), http://tk.agron.ntu.edu.tw/ethnobot/DB1.htm
