Holboellia coriacea
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Holboellia coriacea | |
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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Species: | H. coriacea
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Holboellia coriacea Diels
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Holboellia coriacea, commonly known as blue china vine, is a woody evergreen climbing vine indigenous to temperate east Asia. It produces white monoecious flowers followed by pink colored sausage-shaped fruits with white colored pulps. The fruits are berries. They ripen and drop at autumn. The fruits are edible,[citation needed] but is not commonly used as food. It is often grown as ornamental plant. The leaves have a waxy texture.
Categories:
- Lardizabalaceae