Genus |
Parthenocissus |
Species |
P. tricuspidata |
Common name |
Boston ivy, Grape ivy, Japanese ivy, Japanese creeper, Virginia creeper |
Distribution |
China (Anhui, Fujian, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Taiwan, Zhejiang), Japan, Korea |
Chromosome number |
2n = 40 |
Morphological Description
Lianas, high climbing. Tendrils 5–10-branched, with adhesive discs. Leaves usually simple, sometimes palmately compound on older plants; petiole usually longer than, sometimes ± equaling, blade; blade lustrous adaxially, ovate to cordate-ovate or cordate-orbiculate, 4.5–17 × 4–16 cm, 3-lobed or leaflets 3, thin, herbaceous, base truncate to slightly cordate, margins crenate to crenate-serrate, apex acute to short-acuminate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial veins puberulent. Inflorescences ± divergently branching, without distinct central axis. Flowers yellowish green. Berriesglobose, 5–8 mm diam.