| Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne. | ||
| Rajania quinata Houtt. | ||
| Lardizabalaceae | ||
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Evergreen or semi-evergreen climber. Leaves digitate, long stalked, with 5 leaflets. Leaflets glabrous, light green, ovate to obovate, 1.5 - 6 cm long, apex emarginate. Flowers apetalous in axillary racemes in April. Female flowers solitary or in pair, with 3 conspicuous dark purple sepals, about 2.5-3 cm across. Male flowers numerous, smaller, pale purple, at the end of the inflorescence. Fruit oblong, fleshy, purple-violet.
Home: China, Japan and Korea Other views: Leaves Cultivated: France and Germany Author: Frédéric Tournay Ethnobotanical aspects of Akebia quinata by Plants for a future database Back to the plant list |
