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Akebia quinata, commonly known as chocolate vine, five-leaf chocolate vine,[1] or five-leaf akebia, is a shrub that is native to Japan, China and Korea, and invasive in the eastern United States from Georgia to Michigan to Massachusetts.[2][3][4] In its native habitat, it is often found on hills, in hedges, on trees, along forest edges and streams, and on mountainous slopes.[5]

Akebia quinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Lardizabalaceae
Genus:	Akebia
Species:	A. quinata
Binomial name
Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne.
Synonyms
Rajania quinata Houtt.

Description

Akebia quinata is a climbing evergreen shrub that grows to 10 m (30 ft) or more in height and has palmately compound leaves with five elliptic or obovate leaflets that are notched at the tip.[6] The woody stems are greyish-brown with lenticels.[5] The flowers are clustered in racemes and are chocolate-scented, with three or four sepals. The fruits are sausage-shaped pods which contain edible pulp.[2][7] The gelatinous placentation contains seeds surrounded with white pulp, that has a sweet flavor.^{[citation needed]}

Uses

The fruit contains a sweet soft pulp resembling a white dragonfruit, eaten primarily in Japan as a seasonal delicacy. The rind, with a slight bitter taste, is used as vegetable, e.g., stuffed with ground meat and deep-fried. The vines are traditionally used for basket-weaving.[8]

The stem contains approximately 30% potassium salts thus causing a diuretic action.[9]^{[unreliable medical source?]}

The fruit is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat urinary tract infections, scanty lactation, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Cultivation

Akebia prefers sandy soils with good drainage, and regular watering, though it is drought-resistant.[10] In some areas the plant is an invasive species to be avoided.[11][12] This species in considered hardy in all of the UK and Europe (down to -15 to -20°C).[6] In the US, it suitable for hardiness zones 4–9.[13]

Etymology

Akebia comes from the Japanese vernacular name, 'akebi' (アケビ).[14]

Quinata means 'divided into five', and is presumably a reference to its lobed leaves.[14]

Gallery

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  Female flower and 5 male flowers in Mount Ibuki
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  Fruit
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  Sketch
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  flower parts

See also

• Kampo herb list

References

External links

• https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=10090
• Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Dcne. (ITIS)
• Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne. Medicinal Plant Images Database (School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University) (in Chinese) (in English)
• Akebia quinata in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley

На других языках

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- [en] Akebia quinata

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[es] Akebia quinata

Akebia quinata: akebi (通草, 'akebi'?). Conocida popularmente como "chocolate vine", es un arbusto nativo de Japón, China y Corea.[1][2]

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[ru] Акебия пятерная

Акебия пятерная (лат. Akebia quinata) — вид двудольных растений входящий в род Акебия (Akebia) семейства Лардизабаловые (Lardizabalaceae).

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