Akebia
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Akebia - Of these climbing or twining shrubs of the Barberry order, A. quinata is best known. It comes from China, hardy, is a good climber for a trellis, pergola, or wall.
Akebia are still very rare, but highly decorative and easy vines from Eastern Asia, growing in moist woods in shaded places, where they wind up trees.
Akebia quinata
Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine
Light and graceful, these vines are attractive as ground covers, or growing on a fence or an arbor. Vines are deciduous, or evergreen in mild climates.
Akebia quinata (Chocolate Vine) - A fast growing, woody ,semi-deciduous (in mild winter regions), twining vine that can climb to 30 feet, but usually less.
Akebia quinata seed pods
After a long hot summer the 5 inch - 9cm long purple-violet sausage shaped edible fruits split open when ripe in early autumn.
Akebia quinata splitting seed pod ...
Akebia vines need to cross-pollinate between different cultivars if they are ever to bear fruit in more than a rare & sporadic manner.
Akebia quinata (cream-flowered)
Genus: Akebia
Species: quinata (cream-flowered)
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Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Dcne.
Lardizabalaceae family
NATIVE RANGE: Central China to Korea and Japan.
Akebia quinata
COMMON: Fiveleaf Akebia
LEAVES: Deciduous, bluish green, no fall color
SIZE: 20 to 40' tall, width 2/3 to equal height
HARDINESS: Zone 4 to 8
HABIT: Vine or groundcoverBR GROWTH RATE: Fast ...
Akebia quinata: Semi-evergreen; fragrant brownish-purple flowers in spring, sometimes followed by large purple fruits; 10m (30ft) ...
Akebia quinata 'Purple Bouquet' chocolate vine
perennial, easy care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 4a thru 10b ...
Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. (as C. trifoliata Thunb.)
Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. (as C. zeylanica (L.) Poir.)[10]
[edit] Subdivisions ...
Akebia quinata ( CommonName Not Available )
Akebia quinata ( Fiveleaf Akebia )
Albizia julibrissin ( Alba Silk Tree ) ...
Chocholate Vine, Akebia
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A genus of 4-5 species of evergreen or deciduous vines. Leaves alternate, palmately compound, 3-5 leaflets.
Shiro Bana Akebia [English]: Akebia quinata 'Shiro Bana'
Shiro Bana Ruupin [Japanese]: Lupinus albus albus
Shiro Bana Sakura Tade (Persicaria) [Japanese]: Polygonum cuspidatum
Shiro Chan Camellia [English]: Camellia japonica 'Shiro Chan' ...
Akebia quinata - Fiveleaf Akebia
Aristolochia durior - Dutchman's Pipe
Bignonia capreolata - Cross Vine
Clematis armandii - Armand's Clematis
Clytostoma calystegioides - Violet Trumpet
Decumaria barbara - Wild Climbing Hydrangea ...
Stop 6- Akebia quinata
Stop 7- Campsis radicans
Stop 8- Polygonum aubertii
Stop 9- Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 'Elegans'
Stop 10- Lonicera x heckrottii
Stop 11- Hydrangea amomala subsp. petiolaris
Stop 12- Actinidia kolomikta ...
Akeba quinata : Fiveleaf Akebia - Foliage
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata : Porcelain Berry - Foliage
Asarina scandens : Climbing Snapdragon - Whole Plant ...
Garrya elliptica has long greenish yellow catkins in February.
Akebia quinata is a twining plant with deep purple fragrant flowers in spring.
Ceanothus repens has a mass of light blue flowers in May and a spreading growth.
Nowicke and Skvarala (1982) studied the pollen morphology especially of Sargentodoxa; there may be additional apomorphies for that genus. The seeds of Akebia, at least, are embedded in some kind of fleshy tissue.
 See also: Green, Vine, May, Clematis, Wisteria
  
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