Akebia quinata
Common Name: five-leaf akebia, chocolate vine
Scientific Name: Akebia quinata (Thunb./Houtt.) Dcne.
Family Name: Lardizabalaceae - Lardizabala Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle:
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and rooting stems
Stems:
climbing or trailing vine, woody, green when young turning brown with age, lenticels noticeable, deciduous to semi-evergreen 
Leaves:
alternate, palmately compound, leaflet up to five or sometimes 6 and stalked, leaflets obovate with notch at tip, blue-green and somewhat dull, new leaves have purple or brownish tinge 
Flowers:
3-sepaled, reddish to purple-brown, cultivars white or red, petals cup-shaped, chocolate scented; axillary raceme of 2 to 6, racemes of two male and the rest female flowers
Fruit:
oblong or elliptic pod, large, soft, purplish, split open when mature, white pulp-like inside with brownish to black seeds 
