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(First upload on Janurary 23 2018. Last on December 10 2020) [ 日本語 | English ]

Akebia Decne. (アケビ) Akebi (アケビ, 木通/通草), chocolate vine or five-leaf Akebia Medical name: 木通(モクツウ): emmenagogue, antiphlogistic and diuretic by akeboside, etc. Lifeform: deciduous, climbing woody plant Distribution: China - Korea - Japan (Kyushu - Honshu) Habitat: forest gaps, forest edges, etc.

Leaf: 3-7 leaflets, mostly five Fruit: edible (sweety) → the seeds dispersed by animals Chromosome number: 2n = 16 or 32 Synonyms: Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne. f. polyphylla (Nakai) Hiyama, discarded f. diplochlamys (Makino) T. Shimizu (フタエアケビ) f. viridiflora Makino (アオアケビ)

Akebia quinata in Japan

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[1] in the hometown forest of Haramachida, Tokyo, on December 10 2017. [2/3] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on November 16 2020.

Akebia × pentaphylla (Makino) Makino

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Goyouakebi (ゴヨウアケビ, 五葉木通) Reproduction: infertile = vegetative

Putative hybrid between A. quinata and trifoliata Leaf: five leaflets

var. integrifolia Y. Kimura (クワゾメアケビ), reported from Nagano Prefecture

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[1] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on November 16 2020. [2] in the hometown forest of Haramachida, Tokyo, on December 10 2017.