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(First upload on February 11 2016. Last on May 16 2019) [ 日本語 | English ]

Stauntonia DC. (ムベ)

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S. hexaphylla (Thunb.) Decne. (ムベ)

S. obovata Hemsl. (タイワンアケビ)

S. obovatifoliola Hayata (ナントウトキワアケビ)

Stauntonia hexaphylla in Japan

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Mube (ムベ, 郁子/野木瓜), Japanese staunton vine, or stauntonia vine Tokiwa-akebi (トキワアケビ, 常葉通草) Lifeform: evergreen vine Distribution: China - Taiwan - Japan (south to Kanto District)

Habitat: forests and forest edges near seacoast Fruit: often eaten by wild monkey Leaf: 3-7 leaflets Fruit: edible (sweety) → the seeds dispersed by animals

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[1-3] in Oi Pier Seaside Park, Tokyo, on December 26 2015. [4/5] escaped in Botanic Gardens, Tohoku University, Natural Monument Aobayama, northern Honshu, on March 23 2016. [6] near Takiyama Castle along Seyama Trail in Kobe City, western Japan, on March 16 2019.