Note that on some devices you will need to manually select Landscape Mode from the print dialog.
Scientific Name: | Akebia quinata |
Common Name: | chocolate vine |
Family Name: | Lardizabalaceae |
Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Vine or climber |
Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
Habit: | Arching, Twiggy |
Form: | Climbing |
Texture: | Medium |
Landscape Uses: | Arbors or trellis |
Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Leaflets stalked, Oblong, Ovate, Entire |
Flowers: | Raceme, White, Purple, Dark-red, Brown, Mar-Apr |
Fruit: | Edible, Follicle, Blue, Purple, Magenta, Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
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. |