Jade vine
Strongylodon macrobotrys
Location: Greenhouse of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden- Location: Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome
- Location: Tsukuba Botanical Garden
- Location: Tsukuba Botanical Garden
- Location: Greenhouse of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Location: Greenhouse of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Location: Tsukuba Botanical Garden
- Location: Tsukuba Botanical Garden
- Flower nameJade vine
- Scientific nameStrongylodon macrobotrys
- Aliasストロンギロドン・マクロボトリス, Jade vine, Emerald creeper
- Place of originLuzon (Philippines)
- Place of flowering
- Flowering seasonMarch, April, May
What is Jade vine
Jade vine 'Strongylodon macrobotrys' is tropical evergreen shrub vine of the Fabaceae Family native of Luson resembles the jade of the jewel in a color.
It makes raceme perform descent of bunches more than 1m . One one of the flowers has a shape of the bill-formed bean. It is cultivated in the greenhouses such as tropical botanical gardens in Japan in spring. It makes big fruit become after a flower.
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
- GenusStrongylodon
- SpeciesS. macrobotrys
- Type of flowerLeft-right symmetrical flower
- Array of flowerSpikelet inflorescence
- Petal shapeButterfly shape
- Leaf type3-fold compound leaf
- Edge of the leafEntire
- Life typeTropical evergreen shrub vine
- Flower colorsGreen
- Colors of the leavesGreen
- Fruit colorGreen
- Height1000.0 ~ 2000.0 cm
- Diameter of flower2.0 ~ cm
