Stemona tuberosa

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Stemona tuberosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Stemonaceae
Genus: Stemona
Species:
S. tuberosa
Binomial name
Stemona tuberosa

Stemona tuberosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Stemonaceae . [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Hornets play an important role in seed dispersal by biting off the seed with its elaiosome and then carrying the seed away for about 100 m. There they chew off the elaiosome and abandon the seed which is likely to be taken by ants into their nest. [7]

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Distribution

It is native to Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, Hainan, India, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Maluku Islands, Myanmar, New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. [2]

Traditional medicine

Stemona tuberosa (Chinese :百部; pinyin :bǎi bù) is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. It can be used as a treatment for Pediculus capitus and Phthirus pubis typically with low skin irritation. [8] [ unreliable medical source? ]

Varieties

accepted varieties [4]
  1. Stemona tuberosa var. minor(Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. - India
  2. Stemona tuberosa var. moluccana(Blume) ined. - New Guinea, Maluku, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands
  3. Stemona tuberosa var. tuberosa - China, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Maluku, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stemona tuberosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  2. 1 2 "Stemona tuberosa Lour". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Stemona tuberosa Lour". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Loureiro, João de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 404 in Latin
  6. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 71 大百部 da bai bu Stemona tuberosa Lour.
  7. ↑ Chen, Gao; Wang, Zheng-Wei; Qin, Yan; Sun, Wei-Bang (2017-11-01). "Seed dispersal by hornets: An unusual insect-plant mutualism". Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 59 (11): 792–796. doi: 10.1111/jipb.12568 . ISSN   1744-7909. PMID   28695640.
  8. ↑ Anthony C. Dweck. "A review of Wild Asparagus" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2010.
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