Taxon: Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne.

Common names:

• chocolate-vine   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• fiveleaf   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• fiveleaf akebia   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  
• mu tong   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• Akébie à cinq feuilles   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – French
  
• fingerblättrige Akebie   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• akebi   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (but it can become invasive fide Dict Gard; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F ChinaEng; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Hubei [e.], Hunan [e.], Jiangsu, Jiangxi [n.], Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea

• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Europe [c.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  United States [s.e.]

• cultivated in c. Europe, New Zealand, s.e. United States

References:

• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [lists as A. quinata Houtt.].
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea. (F Korea) [lists as A. quinata (Thunb.) Decne.].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi) [lists as A. quinata (Thunb.) Decne.].
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Akebia quinata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Akebia quinata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Rajania quinata Houtt. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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