Cold-Tolerant Kadsura: Snow and Frost Survivors Snow or frost can occur a few times a year where species of cold-tolerant Kadsura are endemic. Mountain passes into mountain villages are sometimes impassable. While temperatures are not comparable to the deep-freezes of the midwestern USA, freezes can often occur for the two coldest months of the year […]
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The Hunt for Wild Kadsura There is no doubt that wild Kadsura has been harvested for 800 years or more. Documented use is harder to find but recorded collection data, dates back about 400 years. (see Saunders) In its native habitat, wild Kadsura is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Traces of these original plants in […]
Kadsura Dragon™ Vine Medicinal Properties As a medicinal, the Kadsura Dragon™ Vine’s roots and stems can reduce swelling and pain, used for the treatment of stomach disease, rheumatism, bone pain, and as a poultice to reduce bruises. Dragon™ Vine Fruit and dried vines are also considered to be aphrodisiac, pectoral, and referred to by the […]
Kadsura Dragon™ Vine Fruit: A Giant Berry-Like Fruit When talking about the Kadsura Dragon™ Vine fruit in 1999, Katy Warren, who is known as the ‘Queen of Kiwano Melon’ for her national introduction of the brilliantly yellow-and-neon-green horned cucumber; now sold to nearly every major food chain in the USA, remarked, “It’s just crazy that this […]