Notes For Reference:-　

Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Hedera:

Hedera rhombea / Kiduta
　

Hedera rhombea / Kizuta キヅタ

Hedera rhombea: It is an evergreen liana that grows in evergreen forests, forest edges, or wastelands, and creeps up trees, rocks, or similar surfaces with emerged aerial roots. More prominent individuals can reach 6cm or more in diameter. Leaves are alternate, 3-7cm long and 2-4cm wide, triangular or pentagonal in shape, and shallowly palmately cleft in 3-5 lobes, with bases that are truncate or heart-shaped. The leaves on branches with inflorescences are oblanceolate or oblong and not divided, with entire margins and leathery and glossy surfaces. Branch tips generate one or more 2.5-3 cm in diameter spherical umbels and set many small, as large as 1cm across, green-yellow flowers. Bloom time: November-December.