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Ampelopsis japonica

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Thunberg) Makino

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, medicinal, fruit

Common Names

• Bai lian (Pinyin)
• Kagamiguas (Japan)
• Byakuren (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hebei
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Jilin
• Liaoning
• Shaanxi
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Zhejiang - China
• Korea
• Russian Far East

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• grassland
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• May-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep (China)

Wood glabrous herbaceous tendril liana to 10m with simple tendrils. 3-5 foliolate glabrous leaves, pubescent on nerves. Leaf-opposed 2-3 flowered polychasium to 20mm, white petals to 2.2mm. Fruit a violet berry dotted darker to 10mm diameter.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Fedde
• IFV