Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Akebia Decne. [545]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Chocolate vine

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Lardizabalaceae

family_ja: アケビ

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 5 species of deciduous or semi-evergreen, twining climbers from forest margins in E. Asia, grown for their flowers and foliage. They have alternate, 3- to 5-, occasionally 7-palmate, mid-green leaves, often bronze-tinted when young. Racemes of self-sterile, shallowly cup-shaped flowers, with both sexes borne in each raceme, and with the larger, deeper-coloured female flowers at the base, are produced in spring, followed by unusual, sausage-shaped, fleshy purple fruits. To ensure cross-pollination, grow 2 plants from the same species (not of the same clone); they need warm springs and long, hot summers to fruit well. Grow against a wall or train into a tree or on a pergola.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy, but late frosts may damage the flowers.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame as soon as ripe. Root semi-ripe cuttings in summer. Layer in winter.

pests_en: Trouble free.

description_ja:

comment: E.Asia

comment_ja: アケビ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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