Campanumoea maximowiczii Honda

Japanese: ツルギキョウ(蔓桔梗) - ツルギキョウ（英語表記）Campanumoea maximowiczii Honda

A perennial plant of the Campanulaceae family (illustration). It grows in sunny roadside grass patches and forest edges, with vine-like stems. It is unique among Campanulaceae in that the corolla and ovary are fused together, and the fruit does not dehisce but forms a berry. It is widely distributed from the Kanto region westward, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Taiwan, but is relatively rare. The roots are white and fleshy. The leaves are opposite or alternate, cordate or ovate, 3-5 cm long, and powdery white. The flowers grow solitary in the leaf axils and hang down. The corolla is broad bell-shaped, reddish purple, about 1.5 cm in diameter, and divided into 5 lobes. The lower half is fused to the ovary, and the separate part is about 1 cm long.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

キキョウ科の多年草（イラスト）。日当りのよい路傍の草むらや林縁に生え，茎はつる状にのびる。花冠と子房が合着し，果実は裂開せず液果を結ぶ点などがキキョウ科の中でも特異である。関東地方以西，四国，九州および台湾に広く分布しているが，比較的少ない。根は白く，多肉質。葉は対生または互生し，心形ないし卵心形で長さ3～5cm，粉白色をおびる。花は葉腋（ようえき）に単生し，ぶら下がって咲く。花冠は広鐘形，紅紫色，径1.5cm程度，5中裂し，下半部は子房と合着し，離生部分は長さ1cmほどである。

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