Callerya speciosa
(Champ.) Schot
Fabaceae
Millettia speciosa Champ. ex Benth.
Phaseoloides speciosum (Champ. ex Benth.) Kuntze
Common Name:
General Information
Callerya speciosa is a climbing shrub growing 1 - 5 metres tall and clambering into the surrounding vegetation where it attaches itself by means of tendrils. The plant produces several, fleshy, tuberous swellings at the roots[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
,
1532- Title
- A Revision of Callerya Endl. (including Padbruggea and Whitfordiodendron) (Papilionaceae; Millettieae)
- Publication
- Blumea 39 (1994) 1-40
- Author
- Schot A.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local and commercial use as a medicine.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
Range
E. Asia - southern China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan), northern Vietnam
Habitat
Open places, sparse woodlands;at elevations from 200 - 1,700 metres[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
]. Dry level land, open forest, forested ravines, in thickets; on dry clayey or sandy soil among scattered shrubs, trailing over trees and tall shrubs[
1532- Title
- A Revision of Callerya Endl. (including Padbruggea and Whitfordiodendron) (Papilionaceae; Millettieae)
- Publication
- Blumea 39 (1994) 1-40
- Author
- Schot A.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Climber |
| Height | 3.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Species in this genus generally grow best in a sunny position in a fertile, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil[
200- Title
- The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Huxley. A.
- Publisher
- MacMillan Press
- Year
- 1992
- ISBN
- 0-333-47494-5
- Description
- Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
].
The flowers are fragrant[
1532- Title
- A Revision of Callerya Endl. (including Padbruggea and Whitfordiodendron) (Papilionaceae; Millettieae)
- Publication
- Blumea 39 (1994) 1-40
- Author
- Schot A.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby[
755- Title
- Nodulation Plants in GRIN Taxonomy
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxnodul.pl?language=en
- Publisher
- United States Department of Agriculture
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An online database listing plants that have either positive or negative reports on root and stem nodulation with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
].
Edible Uses
The tuberous roots are rich in starch and are used to make a tonic wine[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Medicinal
The tuberous roots are antitussive, diuretic, febrifuge, pectoral, reconstituent, refrigerant, thirst quenching and tonic. A decoction is used in the treatment of general debility, anorexia, phlegmy cough and headache, dry cough, thirsty evening fever, dysuria[
283- Title
- Medicinal Plants in Vietnam
- Publication
-
- Author
- Nguyen Van Dan & Doan Thi Nhu
- Publisher
- World Health Organisation
- Year
- 1989
- ISBN
- 92 9061 101 4
- Description
- An excellent book, giving information on over 200 plants, their medicinal compounds and applications.
,
785- Title
- Medicinal Plants of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Nguyen Van Duong
- Publisher
- Mekong Printing; Vietnam (Printers)
- Year
- 1993
- ISBN
- 0-9837303-1-2
- Description
- Published by the author, this is an excellent book on the medicinal attributes of plants growing in the area that used to be called Indo-China.
].
The tuberous roots, collected when one-year-old, are washed, then dried in the sun or in dryers, then cut into slices,
soaked in an aqueous extract of ginger or in molasses, and then lightly roasted before use[
283- Title
- Medicinal Plants in Vietnam
- Publication
-
- Author
- Nguyen Van Dan & Doan Thi Nhu
- Publisher
- World Health Organisation
- Year
- 1989
- ISBN
- 92 9061 101 4
- Description
- An excellent book, giving information on over 200 plants, their medicinal compounds and applications.
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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