Family: Annonaceae
Synonym: Unona chinensis (Lour.) DC.
Habit:
Climber
Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
Flowering
& Fruiting: April-October
Distribution:
India: North East Region, Peninsular
India; China, Nepal, Phillipines
Key
identification features: Scandent shrubs;. Leaves alternate,
elliptic, ovate or oblong-lanceolate. Flowers extra-axillary or leaf-opposed,
greenish-yellow, fragrant; slender, pubescent; Fruitlets ovoid, beaked.
Uses:
The
decoction of roots is used to treat dysentery.
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