Akebia

Fingerblättrige Akebie ( Akebia quinata )

Akebia, German Akebie or transferred from English Blaugurkenrebe ( mistranslated: Blue cucumber wine ), called a plant genus of the family of finger fruit plants is ( Lardizabalaceae ). The five species grow wild in mountainous forests in East Asia (China, Korea and Japan).

Description

There are woody climbing plants ( lianas ) in temperate latitudes. They are monoecious getrenntgeschlechtig ( monoecious ). The flowering period lasts from April to May and the follicles ripen from September to October.

Use

In Europe, they are used because of their long leaves liability and its rapid growth to the facade greening as an ornamental plant; are, however, as they devour slightly, hardly widespread.

The 5 to 10 cm long, pink to purple and quite bizarre looking fruits offer after popping seeds with edible gelatinous seed coats (similar Passiflora ) with a sweet taste. They are eaten raw in Asia. The sheets can be used as tea and the cortex is considered to be a cure.

Species

In the genus Akebia there are five types:

  • Akebia chingshuiensis T.Shimizu
  • Akebia longeracemosa Matsumura
  • Fingerblättrige Akebie ( Akebia quinata ( Houtt. ) Decne. )
  • Cloverleaf Akebie ( Akebia trifoliata ( Thunb. ) Koidz, Syn. Akebia lobata Decne. )
  • Akebia × pentaphylla Makino ( Akebia trifoliata × Akebia quinata )

Swell

  • Information on the genus in the Flora of China. (English ); accessed on 29 June 2012
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