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Dutchman's Pipe | Pelican flower

Kai Fa | ไก่ฟ้าพญาลอ | Aristolochia ringens Vahl

Family: Aristolochiaceae - Genus: Aristolochia

The Pelican flower can be found behind the Social Impact Cafe of the Thai Child Development Foundation.

 

The Dutchman's Pipe is an evergreen, perennial climbing vine, The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental on account of its showy flowers.

It is an ornamental plant, non edible.

Flowers can be seen at the end of the rainy season, from January to March.


 

The papaya is a small, sparsely branched tree, usually with a single stem growing from 5 to 10 meter tall, with spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of the trunk. The lower trunk is usually scarred where leaves and fruit were borne. All parts of the plant contain latex.
VINE

THE VINE

Slightly woody vine, twining, attaining 5 meter in length. Stems cylindrical, slender, glabrous, with the pith hollow.





 

The leaves of the papaya are large, 50-70 cm in diameter, with seven lobes.
Leaf

THE LEAVES

Leaves alternate; blades 5-16 x 6-18 centimeter, broadly ovate, almost kidney-shaped, pale green above, glaucous beneath.




 


The flowers are five-parted; the male flowers have the stamens fused to the petals. The female flowers have a superior ovary and five contorted petals loosely connected at the base. The flowers are sweet-scented, open at night, and wind- or insect-pollinated.
FLOWER

THE FLOWERS

The flower of Dutchman's pipe is shaped like a meerschaum pipe, giving the vine its common name.


Flowers solitary, pendulous 7.5-17 centimeter long, the flower stalk is slender, four times as long as the leaf stalk.





 
The flowers are five-parted; the male flowers have the stamens fused to the petals. The female flowers have a superior ovary and five contorted petals loosely connected at the base. The flowers are sweet-scented, open at night, and wind- or insect-pollinated.
SEEDPOD
SEEDPODS, DRY AND OPEN

THE SEEDPODS

The seedpod capsule is 6-11 centimeter long, oblong or oblanceolate, with 6 ribs, the apex mucronate, the base acute; seeds numerous, winged, 7-15 mm long.


The seeds of are winged, relatively small (7-15 mm), light, and flat.


 

CULINARY USES

The Dutchman's Pipe has no parts that are suitable for human consumption.

Roots and stems are poisonous when digested..


 

TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL USE


NOTE: please take advice from a doctor if you are planning to use herbal medicine.


The roots are used by humans in traditional medicine. The roots of this plant (although toxic when digested) are well known as an antidote for snake bites in India.

 

INTO THE WILD: a down to earth experience

For guests and visitors to Paksong we organize weekly tours "The Edible Forest" and Foraging weekends: Into the Wild. We work with local guides to take you in the jungle of Paksong. After foraging, we will cook a meal with the ingredients, using bamboo together with you!


Come and join and learn about the abundance of food that nature gives us!


INTO THE WILD!

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