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''Stauntonia hexaphylla''Decne., 1839 ''In: Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. II. 12: 105 (1839), et in Arch. Mus. Par. 1: 192'' or Stauntonia vine is a
plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
in the family
Lardizabalaceae Lardizabalaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, including the APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998), which places it in the order Ranunculales, ...
. In
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
, it is distributed in Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Outside Japan it is found in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. It grows wild in mountains and hills in warm regions and near the coast. Outside of its natural distribution, it is sometimes planted in gardens as shade shelves. In
Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...
it is called ''Mube'' (ムベ, or 郁子).


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hexaphylla ''Hexaphylla'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It includes 12 species native to the western and central Mediterranean region, Balkans, Crimea, and the Caucasus. *''Hexaphylla allionii'' *''Hexaphylla arcadiensis'' *''He ...
Plants described in 1839 Flora of Japan Flora of the Ryukyu Islands Flora of South Korea {{Ranunculales-stub