Kadsura japonica (Thunb.) Dun.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Kadsura japonica' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/kadsura/kadsura-japonica/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Genus

Synonyms

  • Uvaria japonica Thunb.

Infraspecifics

Other taxa in genus

    Glossary

    corolla
    The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
    glabrous
    Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
    globose
    globularSpherical or globe-shaped.
    lanceolate
    Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.

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    Credits

    Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

    Recommended citation
    'Kadsura japonica' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/kadsura/kadsura-japonica/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

    A climbing, evergreen shrub up to 12 ft, with slender, twining branches. Leaves oval or lanceolate, slender-pointed, dark green, 2 to 4 in. long, 114 to 134 in. wide, quite glabrous and remotely toothed. Flower solitary on a slender stalk 1 to 112 in. long, and borne singly in the leaf-axils of the current season’s growth from June until autumn; the corolla yellowish white, 34 in. across, composed of six to nine fleshy petals. Berries scarlet, clustered in a globose head 1 to 114 in. wide.

    Native of Japan, China, and Formosa; introduced in 1860. This interesting and uncommon twiner is not particularly hardy in the open, and should be given the shelter of a wall. It can be increased by cuttings of half-ripened wood put in gentle heat.


    'Variegata'

    Leaves with an irregular border of creamy white.