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Kadsura marmorata
Kadsura marmorata is a liana in the family Schisandraceae, native to Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak) and the Philippines (Mindanao, Palawan).
From the article Kadsura marmorata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Kadsura marmorata thrives in wet biomes. It has coriaceous, lamina to ovate leaves, and a 19–33 mm (0.75–1.30 in) long petiole. The flowers are borne solitary (singular) in the axils of leaves, or in fugaceous bracts, occasionally growing directly from the trunk. It produces aggregate fruits that have 100-200 berries (possibly more), that ripen creme to dull yellow or red. Each berry contains one or two seeds.
At the table
Kadsura marmorata is used in traditional chinese medicine for numerous things, including:
Treatment of bronchial asthma Treatment of eczema Treatment of acute and chronic infections due to it containing Polysaccharides.
Wikipedia: “Medicinal uses and pharmacology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Kadsura marmorata in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 890423.