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Hedera rhombea var. formosana

Botanic Family

Araliaceae

Author

(Nakai) H.L. Li

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Offspring

Hedera rhombea 'Pierrot', Hedera rhombea 'Variegata' (H. japonica 'Variegata')

Common Names

• Japanese Ivy
• Kizuta (Japan)
• Fuyuzuta (Japan)
• Nagabo-kizuta (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Taiwan - China

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• mountains.

Flowering Times

• Sep-Nov (China)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-May (China)

Scandent shrub with glabrous leaves, terminal umbels or corymbs with minute bracts, pilose calyx to 1mm long, petals to 2.5mm long, black fruit 10mm diameter

Medicinal

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Kew