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Piper kadsura

Botanic Family

Piperaceae

Author

(Choisy) Ohwi

Common Names

• Japanese Pepper
• Feng teng (Pinyin)
• Karami (Japan)
• Kadsura (Japan) Futo-kazura (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Bonin Islands
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyus Is.
• Shikoku - Japan
• S. Korea
• Taiwan - China

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal woodland

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China)
• May-Jun (Japan)

Fruiting Times

Woody dioecious deciduous twining radicant glabrous climber or prostrate vine with striated stems, glabrous leaves to 80mm x 40mm. Male flower spikes yellow to 120mm with bracts, 1mm yellow flowers & fruit a brownish-yellow or red drupe to 4mm dia.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• Bodkin
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOJ