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(First upload on October 8 2015. Last on September 15 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz.






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

Akebia Decne. (アケビ)
Mitsubaakebi (ミツバアケビ, 三葉木通/三葉通草), three-leaf akebia
Lifeform: deciduous (to semi-evergreen), climbing woody plant
Distribution: China - Japan (Kyushu - Hokkaido)
Habitat: arable land, e.g., areas after clear-cutting
Leaf: three leaflets (= mitsuba)
Fruit: edible (sweety) → the seeds dispersed by animals
Chromosome number: 2n = 32
Synonyms:

Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. var. litoralis Konta et Katsuy.

ssp. australis (Diels) T. Shimizu (ナンゴクミツバアケビ)
索引

Akebia trifoliata in Japan


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ST4 ST5
[1-3] in a small field, probably home garden, in front of Muroran Marine Experimental Station faced to the Funka Bay on September 14 2015. [4] on Fukuura-jima Island in Matsushima Islands, northern Honshu, on March 21 2016. [5] near Kintaro Rock between Togendai and Ubako, Hakone, central Honshu, on August 21 2021. Records: on a trail adjacent to Shojin Falls along Shojin River, Sapporo, on September 18 2021.

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