Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物

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Akebia trifoliata / Mitsubaakebi ミツバアケビ

Bloom time: April-May

   
Family:
 
Lardizabalaceae /
Akebika


 

Notes For Refference:-

Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Akebia:

Akebia quinata / Akebi

Akebia trifoliata / Mitsubaakebi
Akebia x pentaphylla / Goyouakebi



 

   

Akebia trifoliata / Mitsubaakebi ミツバアケビ

 
Akebia trifoliata is a deciduous liana with gray-black-brown barks in fields and mountains. Leaves are alternate ternate compound leaves with a 2-14cm-long petiole. The leaflets are ovate, 2-6cm long, 1.5-4cm wide, tips somewhat cave in, and the bases round, with large undulate serrations on the margins. Flowers are monoecious; inflorescences droop down from leaf axils in which dark purple flowers come. Flowers lack petals, so sepals look like petals. The inflorescences set 10 or more male flowers on the tips and females, 1-3 in number, at the bases. The fruit (sap fruit) is oblong, around 10cm long, and ripens in purple to split open in September. Bloom time: April-May.
       
                     
                     
                     

SPRING #1

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