Staphylea holocarpa

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Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in open forest on hillsides between 1,200-2,200 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Asia, China, Tibet,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-5 m tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The side leaflets are almost without stalks. The leaflets are oblong and 5-10 cm long. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are white or red. The fruit capsule is inflated or pear shaped. It is 4-5 cm long by 3 cm wide. The seeds are shiny brown.

Names & Synonyms

Liang zi jian, Shuhuacai

References (2)

Kang, Y., et al, 2012, Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys on the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 9:26
Kang, Y., et al, 2014, Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zouqu country, Gansu, China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 10:20

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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