Metaplexis japonica

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Description

Family: Apocynaceae
Makino, Rouge potato

A fast-growing deciduous, winter-hardy creeper that originates from Japan. The plant tolerates temperatures below -25°C. The plant is invasive, it spreads quite quickly through rhizomes and seeds that germinate easily, the vine reaches 8m, flowers, and bears fruit for 2 years. The plant is edible and medicinal. In the diet, young leaves are used, fresh or processed, fruits while they are young, fresh, processed, or pickled (also for the winter), as well as rhizomes, thermally processed like potatoes. The milky juice that is poisonous and is found in the stems is used in medicine and for treatment as a hemostatic, tonic, aphrodisiac, etc. small insects such as mosquitoes and flies if they try to take pollen from the flower, generally remain trapped in the flower so that the plant has carnivorous characteristics. The ‘flakes’ found inside the fruits are used to fill pillows and the like.

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Propagation: By seeds, rhizomes

Pre-treatment: 4-6 weeks in the refrigerator (put the seeds in a bag with wet sand / perlite / vermiculite and keep in the refrigerator)

Sowing: Throughout the year, just press the seeds into the substrate on the surface and moisten with water, cover them with nylon – until the seeds germinate, the nylon is removed every day for a couple of hours and returned. When the seeds germinate, remove the nylon completely.

Germination: Temperature 22-25 C, germinates in 4-8 weeks

Location: Direct light

Hardiness zone : 5a / -28.8 °C (-20 °F)

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quantity

20 seeds

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