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Vincetoxicum japonicum

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(C. Morren & Decaisne) Decaisne

Common Names

• Iyo-kazura (Japan)
• Suzume-no-ogoke (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• China
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• S. Korea

Natural Habitats

• Coastal thickets and grassland

Flowering Times

• May-Jul (Japan)

Fruiting Times

Sometimes twining herb to 800mm, with white hairy stems, leaves to 100mm x 70mm, often mucronate. Umbels or cymes of white or purple flowers, corolla 8mm across and deeply 5-lobed, glabrous lobes to 5mm long, glabrous follicles to 60mm x 15mm

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• FOJ
• Kew