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Stephania suberosa

Stephania suberosa
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0

Stephania suberosa is a climbing caudex geophyte from seasonally dry tropical Thailand and Cambodia, grown for its swollen, cork-barked base and climbing stems. Key to growing it is a dry rest period and a well-drained, gritty mix.

Family
Menispermaceae (Menisperm family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Bright indirect, Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during the growing season and keep almost dry while dormant.
Soil
Fast-draining gritty mix with added pumice or perlite.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Thailand to Cambodia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Stephania suberosa is a shrub native to Thailand and Cambodia, described by Lewis Leonard Forman in 1980.

Other Stephania plants

Stephania abyssinica · Stephania bancroftii · Stephania capitata · Stephania cephalantha · Stephania crebra · Snake vine · Stephania kaweesakii · Stephania palaeosudamericana · Stephania pierrei · Stephania reticulata · Stephania rotunda · Stephania tomentella

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stephania suberosa 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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