Kadsura japonica (Thunb.) Dun.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Kadsura japonica' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/kadsura/kadsura-japonica/). Accessed 2025-04-25.

Family

Schisandraceae

Genus

Kadsura

Synonyms

Uvaria japonica Thunb.

Infraspecifics

'Variegata'

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

corolla: The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
glabrous: Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
globose: globularSpherical or globe-shaped.
lanceolate: Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Kadsura japonica' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/kadsura/kadsura-japonica/). Accessed 2025-04-25.

A climbing, evergreen shrub up to 12 ft, with slender, twining branches. Leaves oval or lanceolate, slender-pointed, dark green, 2 to 4 in. long, 11⁄4 to 13⁄4 in. wide, quite glabrous and remotely toothed. Flower solitary on a slender stalk 1 to 11⁄2 in. long, and borne singly in the leaf-axils of the current season’s growth from June until autumn; the corolla yellowish white, 3⁄4 in. across, composed of six to nine fleshy petals. Berries scarlet, clustered in a globose head 1 to 11⁄4 in. wide.

Native of Japan, China, and Formosa; introduced in 1860. This interesting and uncommon twiner is not particularly hardy in the open, and should be given the shelter of a wall. It can be increased by cuttings of half-ripened wood put in gentle heat.

'Variegata'

Leaves with an irregular border of creamy white.