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Kadsura marmorata

Kadsura marmorata
Photo: Harvard University Herbaria, Public domain

Kadsura marmorata is a woody climbing vine (liana) from the Schisandraceae family, native to Borneo and the Philippines. It grows in wet tropical forest and is rarely cultivated, so care is mainly about mimicking a humid, warm, shaded climbing habitat.

Family
Schisandraceae (Schisandr family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-draining, humus-heavy mix.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Borneo to Philippines
Climate
wet tropical

About

Kadsura marmorata is a liana in the family Schisandraceae, native to Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak) and the Philippines (Mindanao, Palawan).

Uses

Kadsura marmorata is used in traditional chinese medicine for numerous things, including:

Other Kadsura plants

Kadsura acsmithii · Kadsura angustifolia · Kadsura borneensis · Kadsura celebica · Crimson Kadsura · Kadsura induta · Japanese Kadsura · Kadsura lanceolata · Long Stalk Kadsura · Kadsura matsudae · Kadsura oblongifolia · Kadsura philippinensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kadsura marmorata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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