青牛胆(原变种) qing niu dan (yuan bian zhong)

Limacia sagittata Oliver, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1749. 1888; Tinospora capillipes Gagnepain; T. imbricata S. Y. Hu; T. sagittata var. leucocarpa Y. Wan & C. Z. Gao; T. szechuanensis S. Y. Hu.

Leaf blade conspicuously reticulate abaxially. Inner sepals elliptic, broadly elliptic, or elliptic-obovate.

Forests, grasslands. N Fujian, N and W Guangdong, Guangxi, E and S Guizhou, N Hainan, W Hubei, Hunan, NE Jiangxi, Shaanxi, S Shanxi, Sichuan, SE Xizang, SE Yunnan [N Vietnam].