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Cyclocodon lancifolius

Cyclocodon lancifolius
Photo: teresa lo, CC BY 4.0
Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and New Guinea
Climate
subtropical

About

Cyclocodon lancifolius is a plant species in the family Campanulaceae. It is from southern and eastern Asia, and is known as 轮钟花 (lun zhong hua) in Chinese.

Where it grows

The range of Cyclocodon lancifolius reaches from northeast India to through Southeast Asia to Japan. Adjacent to and east of India, its range includes Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Laos, and Vietnam. In the Indonesian archipelago it grows in Borneo, Java, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Sulawesi, and Sumatera. In mainland China, it is known from Chongqing, south Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, southwest Hubei, both southern and western Hunan, southern Jiangxi, Sichuan, and southeast Yunnan. It is also found on the islands of Hainan and Taiwan. Lastly, it is reported from the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, and on the Philippines.

Uses

The berries of Cyclocodon lancifolius are edible. The roots and leaves of the plant are used in folk medicine by ethnic minorities in Guizhou and Hunan Provinces in China.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyclocodon lancifolius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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