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'''Paris polyphylla''' is an Asian species of flowering plant . It is native to China, Taiwan, the Indian Subcontinent, and Indochina. It produces spider-like flowers that throw out long, thread-like, yellowish green petals throughout most of the warm summer months and into the autumn. In the fall, the flowers are followed by small, scarlet berries. It is a perennial, which slowly spreads, is fully hardy in Britain, and survives in leafy, moist soil in either complete or partial shade.

The compounds were identified as: β-sitosterol; ergosta-7, 22-dien-3-one; β-ecdysone; kaempferol; daucosterol; luteolin; calonysterone; luteolin-7-O-glucoside; quercetin; and 3β, 5α, 9α- trihydroxyergosta-7, 22dien-6-one. Compounds 2, 6 and 10 were isolated from Paris polyphylla var.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

{{Leaf|Simple|rounded Rounded to cuneate in shape|Leaves are found in a whorl of 4 to 9 leaves and they are petioled (4–6 cm), Leaves are 2.5–5.0 cm wide. The dull-green leaves contain three primary veins and spread out in a horizontal whorl at the top of the stem}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|narrowly Narrowly ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate|yellow-green||3–5 mm in length, while the inner tepals are usually yellow-green, narrowly linear, and are shorter or longer than outer ones (about 1.5 mm long).}}

Paris polyphylla Sm. (Satuwa) is one of the medicinal plants listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. Seed viability was found to be low and the seeds did not germinate in laboratory conditions even under different chemical treatments. There seems to be a need for raising awareness amongst people who live in environments in which Paris polyphylla propagates.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120608020156/http://crocus.co.uk/plants/_/bulbs/other-bulbs/paris-polyphylla/classid.2000008271/ Paris polyphyllaon web archive]