''Stauntonia hexaphylla''Decne., 1839 ''In: Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. II. 12: 105 (1839), et in Arch. Mus. Par. 1: 192'' or Stauntonia vine is a plant in the family Lardizabalaceae. It is endemic to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, where it is distributed in Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Outside Japan it is found in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and mainland

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It grows wild in mountains and hills in warm regions and near the coast. Outside of its natural distribution, it is sometimes planted in gardens as shade shelves. In Japanese it is called ''Mube'' (ムベ, or 郁子).

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hexaphylla Plants described in 1839 Endemic flora of Japan Flora of the Ryukyu Islands Endemic flora of China Endemic flora of Taiwan Endemic flora of South Korea {{Ranunculales-stub