Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Aristolochia L. [707]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Dutchman’s pipe

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Aristolochiaceae

family_ja: ウマノスズクサ

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 300 species of evergreen and deciduous climbers, occasionally shrubs or scandent perennials, mostly from moist woodland in temperate and tropical regions of both hemispheres. The leaves are entire or lobed, and often heart-shaped. The petalless flowers, mostly in white, purple, liver-brown, or maroon, veined or mottled with darker hues, have a curved or S-shaped calyx with an inflated base, resembling the shape of a Dutch pipe. Aristolochias are unusual and useful climbing plants for screening, but some have unpleasantly scented flowers and are best grown away from the house. In frost-prone regions, grow tender species in a temperate or warm greenhouse. Some species were formerly included in the genus Isotrema.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost tender.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed of hardy species at 13-16°C (55-61°F) and tender species at 21-24°C (70-75°F), as soon as ripe or in spring. Divide perennials in spring, or insert root cuttings in winter. Root softwood cuttings of climbing or scandent species grown under glass in early spring, and of hardy species in midsummer.

pests_en: Trouble free.

description_ja:

comment: Warm & trop. esp. America

comment_ja: ウマノスズクサ，パイプカズラ

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

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