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Name: Codonopsis
Family:
Locality (number, latitude & longitude, map reference):
June 95
Site #___, & Ecological Notes (elevation, aspect, soil,
exposure, associates):
dense understory -
almy trail.
Plant Characteristics (habit, height, bark & trunk, d.b.h., flowers, fruits, odor, taste):
woody vine with deep-vinaceous root: in fruit, fleshy purplish
at apex. fruit edible- deli... soft-mucilage on
funiculus; milky juice; floral lobes purplish at base inside
Local Name(s):
Local Use(s):
with root is very purgative
Number of Sheets: 7; seeds ___; other ___________; photograph ____
Disposition of Sheets: 4 PRC 3 USA: A CM NA NY UC Other ____
1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition
Number: 00097
Date:
Occurrence: C O T R
Collector(s): Bartholomew,
Boufford, Dudley, Elias,
Sponberg, & Dr. Tang.
C Wang