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Wisteria japonica

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Siebold & Zuccarini

Common Names

• Natsu Fuji (Japan)
• Doyō Fuji (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui - China
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan
• S. Korea

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug (Japan)

Fruiting Times

Deciduous twining glabrescent shrub with imparipinnate leaves with 11-17 leaflets to 40mm x 20mm. Axillary racemes to 300mm long, 10mm greenish-white to pale yellow flowers with a puberulous calyx to 4mm long, persistent bracts and bracteoles less than 1mm long, legume to 100mm x 8mm

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Valder 1995
• Nicholls 1995
• GWC 1997
• ILDIS
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FOJ