Kadsura japonica, an evergreen liana, grows on forest
edges in fields and mountains. Blades are of alternate phyllotaxis,
5-13cm long, 2-6cm wide, in the shape of an oblong or oval, with
sparse serrations on margins, no hairs on both surfaces and
approximately 1cm long petioles. Dioecious or Monoecious: Axils set
1.5cm-in-diameter yellow-white flowers; perianth lobes are 8-17 in
number, and all of them are petaloid. Fruit (multiple fruits), 2-3cm
in diameter, spherical, matures in red in November. Bloom time:
August. |