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Stephania capitata is a climbing vine (liana) from Southeast Asia, used in traditional medicine and as a stand-in for Cyclea barbata in green grass jelly. It is a wet tropical forest plant, not a common garden or houseplant.
Stephania capitata also known as sumbat kendi or vase plug in Indonesian is a medicinal plant that was commonly used as a substitute of Cyclea barbata to produce green grass jelly.
Stephanine [517-63-5] is an aporphine alkaloid that occurs in Stephania capitata Spreng and also S. japonica.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stephania capitata 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.
