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Stemona
Stemona japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Pandanales
Family:	Stemonaceae
Genus:	Stemona Lour.
Species
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Stemona is a genus of about 27 species of flowering plants in the family Stemonaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia and northern Australasia.

Selected species

• S. angusta I.Telford
• S. australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright
• S. japonica (Blume) Miquel
• S. javanica (Kunth) Engl.
• S. kerrii Craib
• S. lucida (R.Br.) Duyfjes
• S. mairei (H.Léveillé) K.Krause
• S. parviflora C.H.Wright
• S. prostrata I.Telford
• S. sessilifolia (Miquel) Miquel
• S. shandongensis D.K.Zang
• S. tuberosa Lour.

Cultivation and uses

Stemona tuberosa (Chinese: 百部; pinyin: bǎi bù), is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.

See also

• Chinese herbology

References

• Flora of China: Stemona
• "Stemona Lour.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=11599.  
• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Stemona