Mappianthus iodoides
Handel-mazzetti
Setting heart vine
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Description
A woody creeper. Young branches are angular. The leaf stalk is up to 1.4 cm long. There is a groove underneath. The leaf blades are reddish underneath. They are olive green above. They are narrowly oval and 8-17 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. Flowers are separately male and female. The flowers are yellowish brown. The fruit is fleshy and light green. It is oval and 2-4 cm long by 1-1.7 cm wide.
Edible Uses
Fruit. The ellipsoid drupe ranges from light green or yellow-green to orange-yellow or orange-red, 20 - 37mm × 10 - 17mm, sparsely yellow-brown somewhat rigidly strigose, base with persistent, slightly accrescent calyx
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten fresh.
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Medicinal Uses
The roots and ripe stems are used medicinally. No more information is given
Distribution
In is a tropical plant. In China it grows in scrub and valley forests. It grows between 700-1,900 m altitude. In Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Indochina, SE Asia, Vietnam,
Cultivation
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are requires.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Ding xin teng
References (2)
- Flora of China. Vol. 11 p 511 and Flora of China. www.eFloras.org
- Hu, Shiu-ying, 2005, Food Plants of China. The Chinese University Press. p 521
