Streptocaulon juventas

Family: Apocynaceae

What it is like

A creeper. It grows up to 8 m long. The leaves are broadly oval and 7-15 cm long by 3-10 cm wide. The flowering shoots are 4-20 cm long. The flowers are in dense clusters. They are greenish-yellow outside and yellow-brown inside. The fruit are follicles 7-13 cm long by 5-10 mm wide.

Used in medicine.

Where it is found

A tropical plant. It grows in mountain forests often clinging to trees between 300-1,000 m above sea level in southern China.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Cambodia, China, India, Indochina, ?Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

How it is used for food

The fruit is used as a vegetable.

Edible parts

Flowers, fruit

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Tamyan

Synonyms

Apocynum juventas Loureiro; Streptocaulon griffithii J. D. Hooker; Streptocaulon tomentosum Wight & Arnott; Tylophora juventas (Lour.) Woodson;