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Humulus scandens

Botanic Family

Cannabaceae

Author

(Loureiro) Merrill

Propagation

S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental, with cultivars

Common Names

• Lu cao (Pinyin)
• Japanese Hop
• Kana-mugura (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Taiwa
• Xizang - China
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Is.
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Russian Far East
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest margins
• wasteland
• thickets.

Flowering Times

• Spring-Summer. Sep-Oct (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Autumn

Annual dioecious twiner with hairy scabrous stems. Palmately 5-7 cleft serrulate leaves to 120mm x 120mm. Axillary erect panicles or racemes to 250mm long of yellow flowers with 10mm yellowish-green bracts, flowes 3m long, 5 hairy sepals, yellow glabrous petals. Achenes yellow-brown to 5mm x 5mm

Medicinal uses, oil from seeds is used in soap manufacture

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• FOJ
• Wiart 2
• IFV