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Humulus lupulus

Botanic Family

Cannabaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Propagation

C.K.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental, commercial, with cultivars

Common Names

• Common Hop
• European Hop
• Bine
• Pi jiu hua (Pinyin)
• Bin (Myanmar)
• Byit-pan (Myanmar)
• Kara-hana-sō (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Africa
• N&E Asia
• Europe
• Gansu
• Sichuan
• Xinjiang-China
• Hokkaido
• Honshu - Japan

Natural Habitats

• Hedges
• thickets
• montane thickets. Flowers (Hops) cultivated to flavour beer
• plant has other uses
• salads (young shoots & leaves)
• paper making
• basketry(stalks)
• medicinal

Flowering Times

• Autumn Summer Jul-Aug (GB)
• Aug-Sep (Japan)

Fruiting Times

Perennial herbaceous dioecious or monoecious twining vine with prickly stems, scabrous leaves to 120mm x 120mm, often 3-lobed to 5-lobed. Male yellow-green flowers to 5mm diameter in spikes with bracts to 20mm long, female panicles to 150mm long, flowers fragrant green to straw-coloured 'cone' 20mm enlarging to 50mm, green to purple-brown fruit

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• NYBG
• FOBI
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• FOJ