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Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Siebold & Zuccarini) Planchon

Common Names

• Japanese Ivy
• Boston Ivy
• Japanese Creeper
• Di jin (Pinyin)
• Tsuta (Japan)
• Natsuzuta (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Hebei
• Henan
• Jiangsu
• Jilin
• Liaoning
• Shandong
• Taiwan
• Zhejiang - China
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• thickets
• hill and montane woodland

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China)
• Jin-Jul (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Woody deciduous galbrous tendril liana with 5-9 branched tendrils with suckers, thick 3-lobed leaves or three leaflets turning brilliant red to purple in Autumn, leaves to 120mm x 120mm with mucronate coarse teeth, sometimes trifoliolate. Polychasiums to 125mm of yellow-green flowers, petals to 2.7mm, blue-black fruit to 15mm diameter

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FOC
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• The Plant List 2
• FOJ