Family · Other eudicots

Lardizabalaceae

Chocolate vine (akebia)

Mostly climbing woody vines with palmately compound leaves and pulpy edible fruits, native to Asia and Chile.

Accepted species: 43accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 7accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈52 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Akebia quinata
Decaisnea
Lardizabala
Stauntonia

Genera

Stauntonia31 spp.
Akebia6 spp.
Decaisnea2 spp.
Boquila1 spp.
Lardizabala1 spp.
Sargentodoxa1 spp.
Sinofranchetia1 spp.

Where it grows

Asia-Temperate37
Asia-Tropical13
Southern America2

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Lardizabalaceae sits in the order Ranunculales.