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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on August 15 2011)

Silvervine
Actinidia polygama (Sieb. et Zucc.) Planch. ex Maxim.
[Actinidiaceae]

Matatabi (マタタビ, 木天蓼)

Lifeform : woody vine
Distribution: Korea - Japan - Kuril
Habitat: forest edge


Actinidia Lindl. in Japan

A. arguta (Siebold et Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. (コクワ)

var. hypoleuca (Nakai) Kitam. (ウラジロマタタビ)
f. rufinervis (Nakai) Sugim. (サビサルナシ)

A. kolomikta (Maxim. et Rupr.) Maxim. (ミヤママタタビ)
A. polygama (Siebold et Zucc.) Planch. ex Maxim. (マタタビ)
A. rufa (Siebold et Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. (シマサルナシ)


Actinidia polygama in Hokkaido

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[Left] a bush made by silvervine. [Center] close-up of leaves with white markings. At Usu-Zenkoji Temple, Date City, on July 22 2011.


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