Paederia foetida




Family Rubiaceae
Scientific name Paederia foetida L.
Synonyms Apocynum foetidum Burman f.; Crawfurdia loureirii G. Don; Gentiana scandens Loureiro; Hondbesson tomentosum (Blume) Kuntze; Hondbesson tomentosum (Blume) Kuntze var. glabrum (Kurz) Kuntze; Paederia amboinensis Miquel; Paederia barbulata Miquel; Paederia chinensis Hance; Paederia chinensis Hance forma microphylla Honda; Paederia chinensis Hance forma tenuissima Masamune; Paederia chinensis Hance var. angustifolia Nakai; Paederia chinensis Hance var. maritima Koidzumi; Paederia chinensis Hance var. megaphylla Koidzumi; Paederia chinensis Hance var. velutina Nakai; Paederia dunniana H. Leveille; Paederia esquirolii H. Leveille; Paederia foetida L.; Paederia laxiflora Merrill ex Li; Paederia longituba Nakai; Paederia mairei H. Leveille; Paederia ovata Miquel; Paederia prainii Gandoger; Paederia scaberula Miquel; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill forma mairei (H. Leveille) Nakai; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill forma megaphylla (Koidzumi) H. Hara; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill forma microphylla (Honda) H. Hara; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill forma rubescens Asai; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill var. longituba (Nakai) H. Hara; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill var. mairei (H. Leveille) H. Hara; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill var. maritima (Koidzumi) H. Hara; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill var. tomentosa (Blume) Handel-Mazzetti; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill var. velutina (Nakai) Nakai; Paederia scandens (Loureiro) Merrill var. villosa (Hayata) Masamune; Paederia sessiliflora Poiret; Paederia stenophylla Merrill; Paederia tomentosa Blume var. mairei (H. Leveille) H. Leveille; Paederia tomentosa Blume; Paederia tomentosa Blume var. glabra Kurz; Paederia uraiensis Hayata; Paederia villosa Hayata
Common name (Japanese common name) he-kuso-kazura (ヘクソカズラ, 屁糞蔓 [meaning: fart crap vine]), yaito-bana (ヤイトバナ, 灸花 [meaning: Moxa cautery flower])
(English common name) skunkvine
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India
Habitat Roadside, field, forest edge
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Leaves 4-10cm long. Flower corollas 10mm long, flowering in July to September. Vine. Perennial plants.
Reference Paederia foetida L.
Paederia foetida L.
Note common



July 2007
at roadside
July 2007
at roadside
July 2007
at roadside



July 2007
at roadside



November 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
November 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden