Paederia foetida

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

{{Speciesbox

|name = Skunkvine

|image = Starr_001101-0044_Paederia_foetida.jpg

|taxon = Paederia foetida

|authority = L. This species was first described botanically and published in Mantissa Plantarum 1: 52. 1767. {{ cite web |url = http://www.tropicos.org/Name/27902990 |title = Name - Paederia foetida L. |work = Tropicos |publisher = Missouri Botanical Garden |location = Saint Louis, Missouri |accessdate = August 9, 2010}}

|synonyms =

• P. magnifica Noronha (nom. nud.)
• P. scandens (Lour.) Merr.
• P. tomentosa Blume
• Gentiana scandens Lour.

|synonyms_ref = {{GRIN | accessdate = August 9, 2010}}

}}

Paederia foetida is a species of plant, with common names that are variations of skunkvine, stinkvine, pilau maile (Hawaiian) or Chinese fever vine.{{ cite web |url=http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=632 |title=Ecology of Paederia foetida |work=ISSG Database |publisher=Invasive Species Specialist Group (IUCN and SSC |accessdate=August 9, 2010}} It is native to temperate, and tropical Asia; and has become naturalized in the Mascarenes, Melanesia, Polynesia, and the Hawaiian Islands, also found in North America by recent studies.

Paederia foetida is known for the strong, sulphurous odour exuded when its leaves or stems are crushed or bruised.{{Cite journal|last1=Chanda|first1=Silpi|last2=Sarethy|first2=Indira P.|last3=De|first3=Biplab|last4=Singh|first4=Kuldeep|date=2013-12-01|title=Paederia foetida — a promising ethno-medicinal tribal plant of northeastern India|journal=Journal of Forestry Research|language=en|volume=24|issue=4|pages=801–808|doi=10.1007/s11676-013-0369-2|s2cid=5969235|issn=1993-0607}} This is because the oil responsible for the smell, and found primarily within the leaves, contains sulphur compounds, including largely dimethyl disulphide.{{ cite journal |title=Steam volatile constituents of the aerial parts of Paederia foetida L. (abstract) |author=K.C.Wong |author2=G.L.Tan |location=Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia |journal=Flavour and Fragrance Journal |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=25–28 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |date=Jan–Feb 1994 |doi=10.1002/ffj.2730090106}}