Kadsura japonica

The kadsura or kadsura vine is in the Schisandsraceae family and is native to China and Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands). It grows up to 4.6 m tall. It is an ornamental plant in gardens and also has edible fruit.

• Leaves are alternate, obovate oblong, 5–13 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, margins waved with short spines, apex is obtuse or short acuminate, entire plant is glabrous; petiole is up to 2.5 cm long; flowering from March to August.
• The plant can be monoecious or dioecious; flowers are single, creamy white, unisexual, 4 cm long, in late summer and early autumn, 2 cm wide, fragrant (butter-acid).
• Fruit is a cluster of bright red or scarlet berries, nearly spherical, each berry 5 mm across, up to 30 berries in the head, on a 4–6 cm long stem; ripening is from August to November.
• Twigs are reddish, older twigs covered with brownish lenticels; buds are sharp.