Kadsura japonica

Flower name
Kadsura japonica
Scientific name
Kadsura japonica
Aliasビナンカズラ, 美男葛, ビジンカズラ, 美人葛, ビンツケカズラ, 鬢付葛
Place of originKorea, China, Taiwan, Japan
Place of floweringGarden, Bonsai
Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is Kadsura japonica

Kadsura japonica is native to Korean peninsula, China, Taiwan and Japan and is an evergreen vines of Schisandraceae department , of the Kadsura genus. In winter beautiful red berries become in forest edge of temperate mountains from Kanto to Okinawa in Japan. The bark is gray-brown with cork quality. Shoots contains mucus and arranged her hair in the soup once cooked it, so called Binan-kazura etc.. Leaves are oblong-ovate, and leaves are somewhat shiny in the cortex. In summer, about 1.5 cm diameter cannot distinguish yellow petals and calyx is bell-shaped flowers. It is a dioecious or strains. In the heart of the old more than 10 light-green stigmas. Numerous red stamens in the center of the flower. In winter, female flower has a spherical red, glossy fruit.

General: Kadsura japonica, scientific name:Kadsura japonica, also known as binan-kazra , Habitat: Kanto-Japan Okinawa, southern China , Environment: wild temperate forest edge, height: the bark: gray-Brown coated with a quality of Cork, dioecious, leaf: oblong-egg-shaped, leaf quality: cortex rather gloss of, leaf margin: small teeth, flowering period: July-August, rose: bell-shaped, flower diameter:1.5cm, flowers bloom: pendulous, perianth piece: 8-17 pieces, fruit color: red,Fruit period: October-November, Use:the medicinal, trees, bonsai, fruit type: collection of fruit, applications