Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Wisteria Nutt. [444]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Wistaria

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Fabaceae

family_ja: マメ

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distribution_en: E.Asia, N.America

description_en: Genus of about 10 species of twining, woody, deciduous climbers found in moist woodland and on streambanks in China, Korea, Japan, and C. and S. USA. They have alternate, pinnate, dark green leaves, to 35cm (14in) or more long, with ovate to lance-shaped or elliptic leaflets. They are cultivated for their showy, pea-like, fragrant flowers, borne in usually pendent racemes in spring or summer, followed by pendent, bean-like green seed pods. Train against a wall, into a tree, over an arch or pergola, or as a free-standing half-standard. The stems twine anticlockwise around the support. All parts may cause severe discomfort if ingested.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy, but flower buds may be damaged by late frosts.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Take basal cuttings from sideshoots in early to midsummer and root with bottom heat. Layer in autumn, or graft in winter.

pests_en: May be attacked by leaf spot, aphids, honey fungus, and brown scale.

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comment:

comment_ja: フジ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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