Scientific Name:	Akebia quinata
Pronunciation:	uh-KEE-bee-uh kwi-NAY-tuh
Common Name:	chocolate vine
Family Name:	Lardizabalaceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen, Vine or climber
Key ID Features:	Leaves alternate, palmately compound, five leaflets are rounded/notched at the tips; new leaves emerge purple-tinged,mature to bluish-green; flowers small, purple-brown, fragrant.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Arching, Twiggy Form: Climbing Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 7 - 10m Spread: 3 - 4m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Arbors or trellis Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Palmate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Compound Leaf: Leaflets stalked, Odd-pinnate Colour in Fall: Green, Purple Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Oblong, Ovate Apices: Emarginate Bases: Obtuse, Rounded Margins: Entire Additional Info: Deciduous-semi-evergreen twining vine, palmate compound

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Raceme Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Number of Petals: 0 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Colour (petals): Showy, White, Purple, Dark-red, Brown, (chocolate-brown; white-flowered plant is cv. 'Albiflorus'.) Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Mar, Apr Additional Info: sepals 3; male flowers 0.5-1 cm wide; female flowers 2-3 cm wide; vanilla scented

Fruit Type: Follicle Fruit Colour: Blue, Purple, Magenta, (numerous black seed) Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Showy, Persistent, berry-like (fleshy - rare for follicles) and edible

Bark Morphology: Lightly fissured Bark or Stem Colour: Red, Brown     Organ Modifications: Twining stems, (twining stems)

Propagation:	Seed, Greenwood cuttings, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Medium
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZN) GAZebo North : q.1 Location Map

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