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Wisteria sinensis

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Sims) de Candolle

Common Names

• Chinese Wisteria
• Zi Teng (Pinyin)
• Wisteria
• Blauregen (German)
• Glyzine (German)
• Glicina
• Glicine
• Glitziniya
• Primavera
• Sweet
• Visteriya Kitaiskaya

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• NE Guangxi
• Hebei
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Jiangsu
• Shandong
• Shaanxi
• S. Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Zhejiang - China

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest.

Flowering Times

• Apr-May (China)

Fruiting Times

• May-Aug (China)

Large woody deciduous twining liana with terminal or axillary racemes to 300mm of scented 28mm mauve to deep lilac flowers, occasionally white in 300mm terminal or axillary racemes, fruit a hairy pod to 150mm long x 20mm, imparipinnate leaves

Further References

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