Kadsura japonica
- Flower nameKadsura japonica
- Scientific nameKadsura 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