Akebia quinata –commonly known as chocolate vine, five-leaf chocolate vine, [1] or five-leaf akebia, is a shrub that is native to Japan, China and Korea, commonly used as an ornamental / edible plant in the United States and Europe. [2]

2024年9月26日 · Chocolate vine (Akebia quinata) has fragrant flowers that smell like chocolate. Learn to care for this unique plant.

2024年1月31日 · Akebia quinata produces glossy dark green oval-shaped leaves that grow in clusters of five. Plants have attractive blooms that carry a light chocolate scent. The aromatic flowers are replaced by four inch (10 cm) fruit pods containing small …

Vigorously spreading, Akebia quinata (Chocolate Vine) is a dainty semi-evergreen, twining, woody vine with dangling racemes of small, wine-red flowers with a spicy, chocolate fragrance in spring. The blooms stand out against the bright green foliage of elliptic leaflets which becomes purple flushed in cold weather.

Chocolate vine or five-leaf akebia is a deciduous to semi-evergreen twining woody vine in the Lardizabalaceae family. The genus name Akebia comes from the Japanese word for twining and qunitata is Latin for five which refers to the five parted compound leaves.

Akebia quinata, commonly called fiveleaf akebia, is a deciduous, twining, woody vine that rapidly grows to 20-40’. It produces compound palmate leaves, each with 5 elliptic to oblong-obovate leaflets (1-3” long) which are dark green above and glaucous below.

2022年12月29日 · Chocolate vine (Akebia quinata), also known as five leaf akebia, is a highly fragrant, vanilla scented vine that is hardy in USDA zones 4 through 9. This deciduous semi-evergreen plant reaches its mature height of 15 to 20 feet (4.5-6 m.) rapidly and produces beautiful lilac flowers from May through June.

Akebia quinata is an unusual climber, best grown in warmer gardens since the flowers are prone to damage from late frosts. The maroon-chocolate flowers look almost artificial, with three thick, waxy 'petals' forming an inverted cup shape.

2024年7月5日 · Akebia quinata, the most common species, is a vigorous, deciduous vine that can grow up to 30 feet long. Its flowers are purple or reddish-brown and have a sweet, vanilla-like scent. The fruits are long, sausage-shaped pods that contain numerous black seeds embedded in a sweet, jelly-like pulp.

Akebia quinata and Akebia trifoliata both bear edible fruit, containing a sweet white flesh. [4] Flavor varies greatly in akebias, even within the same species, with some individuals displaying a complex flavor profile resembling a mixture of banana, passionfruit and lychee, with others being mild, or even insipid (flavorless). [5] The "insipid" akebia varieties have the flavor intensity of ...