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|accepted_name=Akebia quinata
|accepted_authority=(Houttuyn) Decaisne
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.
|place=1: 195, fig. 1(a-c). 1839
|year=1839
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|common_names=Chocolate-vine;five-leaf
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rajania quinata
|authority=Houttuyn
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Lardizabalaceae;Akebia;Akebia quinata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lardizabalaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Akebia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Akebia quinata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants,</b> deciduous to semi-evergreen, climbing to 12 m, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1.6-12.5 cm; leaflets mostly 5, petiolules 0.2-2.2 cm, blades oblong to ovate-elliptic, 0.7-8.2 × 0.4-4.2 cm, base rounded, margins entire, apex retuse. <b>Inflorescences</b> pendent, 4.5-12 cm; pedicel with basal bracts. <b>Flowers</b> fragrant. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 4-15 per inflorescence, 1.2-1.6 cm diam.; sepals oblong to ovate or elliptic, 5-9 mm; stamens 4-5 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers (0-)1-5 per inflorescence, 2-3 cm diam.; sepals elliptic to ovate or nearly orbiculate, 10 16mm; pistils 3-7, 1 or more maturing. <b>Follicles</b> glaucous, violet to dark purple, oblong, 5-15 cm. <b>Seeds</b> black, ovoid, embedded in whitish pulp.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring, fruiting fall (Sep–Oct).
|habitat=Waste places, open woodlands
|elevation=0-400 m
|distribution=Conn.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;Va.;W.Va.;native;Asia.
|discussion=<p>No specimens are known from Rhode Island.</p><!--
--><p>A fast-growing, invasive vine whose aggressiveness may at times approach that of Lonicera japonica, Akebia quinata is occasionally planted as an ornamental; it is of more botanical than horticultural interest. A greenish to whitish flowered variant, known from Asia, is cultivated in North America. The edible, though allegedly insipid, fruits are apparently uncommon in cultivation; cross pollination appears to be necessary for their development (C. S. Sargent 1891).</p>
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name=Akebia quinata
|author=
|authority=(Houttuyn) Decaisne
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Rajania quinata
|family=Lardizabalaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring, fruiting fall (Sep–Oct).
|habitat=Waste places, open woodlands
|elevation=0-400 m
|distribution=Conn.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;Va.;W.Va.;native;Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.
|publication year=1839
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_218.xml
|genus=Akebia
|species=Akebia quinata
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