木防己(原变种) mu fang ji (yuan bian zhong)

Menispermum orbiculatum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 341. 1753; Cocculus cuneatus Bentham; C. sarmentosus (Loureiro) Diels; C. sarmentosus var. linearis Yamamoto; C. sarmentosus var. pauciflorus Y. C. Wu; C. sarmentosus var. stenophyllus Merrill; C. thunbergii Candolle; C. trilobus (Thunberg) Candolle; M. trilobum Thunberg; Nephroia cuneifolia Miers; N. dilatata Miers; N. pubinervis Miers ex Bentham; N. pycnantha Miers; N. sarmentosa Loureiro.

Sepals glabrous.

Shrublands, village margins, forest margins. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines; introduced in Indian Ocean islands (Mauritius, Réunion) and Pacific islands (Hawaii)].