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Kadsura Marmorata
''Kadsura'' is a genus of woody vines in the Schisandraceae described as a genus in 1810. Distribution ''Kadsura'' is native to eastern, southern, and southeastern Asia from Sri Lanka eastwards to the Philippines, and from southern Korea and Japan southwards to Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the largest species diversity in China. *''Kadsura'' subgenus ''Cosbaea'' (Lemaire) Y.-W. Law **''Kadsura coccinea'' (southern China, northern Indochina) *''Kadsura'' subgenus ''Kadsura'' **''Kadsura'' subgenus ''Kadsura'' section ''Kadsura'' ***''Kadsura induta'' (Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam) ***''Kadsura renchangiana'' (Guangxi) ***''Kadsura heteroclita'' (China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Sumatra) ***''Kadsura longipedunculata'' (China) ***''Kadsura oblongifolia'' (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan) ***''Kadsura japonica'' (Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan) ***''Kadsura philippinensis'' (Philippines) ***''Kadsura angustifolia'' (Guangxi, Vietnam) **''Kadsura'' subgenus ''Kad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadsura Japonica
''Kadsura japonica'', commonly known as the kadsura vine or simply kadsura, is a plant species native to Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands) in woodlands. The larvae of the moth '' Caloptilia kadsurae'' feed on ''K. japonica'' in the main Japanese islands and Ryukyu Islands. Description ''Kadsura japonica'' is a cultivated, dioecious, ornamental plant in gardens, with edible fruits that can be eaten raw or cooked. It grows from to . It is an evergreen with deep green, glossy leaves that turn slightly red in autumn. Its fruits are very bright scarlet and it has white, unisexual flowers. This plant contains 1–3 seeds. The apex is acuminate. The leaves are variegated, shiny green and irregularly edged in white. The flowers are cup shaped and have red berries in spring. The petioles are 0.6–2.3 cm long. 5–8 secondary veins can be found on each midvein in the leaves. In common with other plants in the family Schisandraceae, this species can be monoecious althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |