Keyed Out #081 — Akebia quinata

Question 1

The flowers open without a single petal, three thick softly coloured {sepals} doing all the display, and each flower is either male or female, never both.

Accepted Answer

lardizabala family

Question 2

Every leaf on the stem is divided right to the base into separate stalked blades spreading from a single point, never a single undivided blade.

Accepted Answer

Lardizabalaceae

Question 3

Its fleshy sausage-shaped fruit, 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) long, splits open down one side when ripe instead of staying sealed.

Accepted Answer

Akebia

Question 4

It reaches the canopy only by {twining} its slender stems around a support, and never stands up as a self-supporting bush.

Accepted Answer

Akebia

Question 5

Its standard leaf settles on five stalked {leaflets} rather than the three carried by its nearest relatives.

Accepted Answer

Akebia quinata

Question 6

Each leaflet carries a smooth untoothed edge and a small notch in its rounded tip, not a coarsely saw-toothed margin drawn out to a point.

Accepted Answer

Akebia quinata