Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Infructescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Leaf; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Infructescence with ripe fruits; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Fruits with seeds exposed; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Identifier: 1438 Date of entry: 14.11.2010 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Mile-a-Minute vine
Mandarin: 杠板归 (gang ban gui)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Polygonales (29)
Family: Polygonaceae (31)(family description)
Genus: Polygonum (8)
Epithet: perfoliatum L. (1)
perfoliatum => with leaf-like appendage through which the stalk passes
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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