Lardizabalaceae
Chocolate vine
Akebia quinata
- Family
- Lardizabalaceae
- Genus
- Akebia
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- أكيبيا كويناتا
- arz
- اكيبيا كويناتا
- Bulgarian
- Шоколадова лоза, Акебия кината
- Chinese
- 五叶木通, 五葉木通, 丁年藤, 丁翁, 万年藤, 五拿绳, 八月札, 八月炸藤
- Danish
- Femfingret Akebia
- English
- Chocolate vine, Five-leaf akebia, Fiveleaf akebia, Five-leaf chocolate vine
- Finnish
- Rinneakebia, Kastanjaköynnös
- French
- Akébie à cinq feuilles, Akebie a cinq feuilles
- German
- Fingerblättrige Akebie, Akebie, Fünfblättrige Akebie, Schokoladenwein
- Hungarian
- Ötlevélkéjű akébia
- Japanese
- アケビ, あけび, ゴヨウアケビ
- Korean
- 으름덩굴
- Lithuanian
- Penkialapė akebija
- Persian
- مو شکلاتی
- Russian
- Акебия пятерная
- Serbian
- Акебија
- Slovak
- Akébia päťpočetná
- Slovenian
- Čokoladna akebija
- Swedish
- Fembladig akebia
- szy
- Nipaluma-mutung,motong
Synonyms
- Akebia micrantha Nakai
- Akebia quinata f. albiflora Y.N.Lee
- Akebia quinata f. diplochlamys (Makino) T.Shimizu
- Akebia quinata f. polyphylla (Nakai) Hiyama
- Akebia quinata f. viridiflora Makino
- Akebia quinata var. diplochlamys Makino
- Akebia quinata var. polyphylla Nakai
- Akebia quinata var. yechi W.C.Cheng
- Rajania quinata Thunb. ex Houtt.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 332 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Stephen Thorpe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: christail, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Allen Browne, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Even Dankowicz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz , Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ursus sapien, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.