Male aristoloquia

Male aristoloquia: Herbaceous plant with tuberous, cylindrical, fusiform or ovoid rhizome.

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Summary

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1 Taxonomy
- 1 Scientific name
  - 1.1 Authors
  - 1.2 Basonym combinations
- 2 Synonymy
2 Feature
3 Distribution
4 Habitat
5 Ecological requirements
6 Biological type
7 Utilities
8 References
9 Sources

Taxonomy

Scientific name

Aristolochia paucinervis Pomel ^[1]

Authors

Pomel, Auguste Nicolas

published in: Nouveau Materiaux pour la Flore Atlantique 1: 136. 1874 . ^[2]

Basonym combinations

Aristolochia longa subsp. paucinervis (Pomel) Batt. ^[3]

Synonymy

Aristolochia longa subsp. paucinervis (Pomel) Batt. ^[4]

Characteristic

Stems up to 45 cm, numerous and ascending, which are generally branched. The leaves , up to 8.5 x 6 cm, have a chordate – ovate or chordate – rounded shape, provided with a petiole of between 5 and 20 mm, with the entire margin, from obtuse to notched and puberulous. The flowers, 3 to 6 mm, are solitary, with a peduncle equal to or smaller than the petioles, grayish-brown in color, glabrous on the outside. They are very showy as they have a perigonium shaped like a tube inflated in the basal part, then contracted, straight or curved, and at the end prolonged on one side by a laminar appendix called the limbus, shorter than the tube and with 5 – 7 nerves in its internal face. The androecium is formed by 6 stamens and the gynoecium by crass and short styles, which unite forming a not very long column; the style is fleshy and has 6 lobes. The fruit is a capsule of 1 to 2.6 cm, ovoid to pyriform in shape, reflected, which is opened by 6 valves to release numerous seeds . Flowers from February to June .

Distribution

Western Mediterranean ( Iberian Peninsula , Balearic Islands , Northwest Africa ) and islands of Macronesia .

Habitat

Forest glades, cleared bushes and grasslands, on all types of substrates. From sea level to 1500 m. altitude, according to geographical areas.

Ecological requirements

Light: It grows in full light although it supports shade.
Temperature: Moderate heat. Mainly montane floor.
Continentality: Intermediate.
Humidity: Moderately dry to humid soils.
Acidity: weakly acid soils; pH 4.5 – 7.5.
Nitrogen: Soils poor in nitrogen.

Biological type

Geophyte

Utilities

In the past it was used to combat the effect of some animal poisons. Its rhizomes contain toxic principles.