Biology:Kadsura

Kadsura is a genus of woody vines in the Schisandraceae described as a genus in 1810.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

Kadsura is native to eastern, southern, and southeastern Asia.^[3]

Kadsura subgenus Cosbaea (Lemaire) Y.-W. Law
- Kadsura coccinea (southern China, northern Indochina)
Kadsura subgenus Kadsura
- Kadsura subgenus Kadsura section Kadsura
  - Kadsura induta (Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam)
  - Kadsura renchangiana (Guangxi)
  - Kadsura heteroclita (China, Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Sumatra)
  - Kadsura longipedunculata (China)
  - Kadsura oblongifolia (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan)
  - Kadsura japonica (Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan)
  - Kadsura philippinensis (Philippines)
  - Kadsura angustifolia (Guangxi, Vietnam)
- Kadsura subgenus Kadsura section Sarcocarpon (Blume) A. C. Smith,
  - Kadsura acsmithii (Borneo)
  - Kadsura borneensis (Sabah)
  - Kadsura celebica (Sulawesi)
  - Kadsura lanceolata (Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Maluku)
  - Kadsura marmorata (Borneo, Philippines)
  - Kadsura scandens (Pen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali)
  - Kadsura verrucosa (Laos, Vietnam, Pen Malaysia, Sumatra, Java)

These species were formerly included in Kadsura but have now been moved to Schisandra^[3]

Some of the species in Kadsura are used in traditional medicine. The species include components such as lignans that are biologically active.^[4]

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