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Lasiobema japonicum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Maximowicz) de Wit

Common Names

• Ri ben yang ti jia (Pinyin)
• Hakama-kazura (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• Hainan - China
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan

Natural Habitats

• Coastal forest or woodland

Flowering Times

• Jan-May (China)
• Jul (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Sep (China)

Woody tendril liana with red-brown hairy branches when young, bifid coriaceous leaves to 100mm long, flat simple or bifid tendrils. Terminal racemes to 230mm long densely pubescent with 2mm long bracts, greenish flowers, 5-lobed calyx to 6mm long, pale green inside, reddish-brown pubescent outside, petals 10mm x 4.5mm, coriaceous legume to 80mm x 30mm

Further References

• NYBG
• FOC
• JAA
• FOJ