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Apios fortunei

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Maximowicz

Common Names

• Tu luan er (Pinyin)
• Hodo-imo (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Zhejiang - China
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea

Natural Habitats

• Montane slopes
• thickets
• forest edge.

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (China)
• Jul-Aug (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Sparsely hairy perennial herbaceous twiner with root tubers. Stems to 1.5m. Pinnate leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets, hispid above, glabrous beneath, terminal leaflet to 80mm x 40mm. Axillary 260mm racemes with bracts to 2mm long, 15mm yellowish-green to pale green or purplish flowers. Pale brown glabrous pod to 80mm long x 6mm.

Root tuber a source of starch & alcohol, medicinal uses.

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• FOJ
• ILDIS