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6a. Holboellia latifolia subsp. latifolia

八月瓜(原亚种) ba yue gua (yuan ya zhong)

Description from Flora of China

Holboellia ovatifoliolata C. Y. Wu & T. Chen ex S. H. Huang; Stauntonia latifolia Wallich.

Leaflets 3(--9), ovate, oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, 4--13 × 1--5 cm, leathery, base widely cuneate, margin entire, apex acute, main veins not impressed.

The roots are used medicinally for rheumatism.

Forests, forest margins on mountain slopes, along valleys; 600--2600 m. Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].


 

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