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Japanese Staunton Vine
Stauntonia hexaphylla
Japanese Staunton Vine is a broadleaf evergreen climber from warm-temperate Japanese woodland. Its egg-shaped fruit is sweet, watery and honey-flavored, and eaten fresh as a dessert in Japan. Fruiting needs both a male and a female plant growing nearby, though an isolated female occasionally sets fruit alone. It is often sold under the name chocolate vine, a name that actually belongs to a different, unrelated vine with similar fruit.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 8–10
- Soil
- Loam
- Moisture
- Well-Drained · Moist
Vertical layer
Vine- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Plant type
- Vine
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Mature spread
- 6–8 ft
- Plant spacing
- Not yet recorded
- Root type
- Fibrous-shallow
- Spread pattern
- None
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