Natsufuji (summer wisteria) - Millettia japonica

Japanese: ナツフジ(夏藤) - ナツフジ(英語表記)Millettia japonica
Natsufuji (summer wisteria) - Millettia japonica
A creeping deciduous shrub of the legume family. Also called Doyo Wisteria. It grows in mountain or lowland forests, wrapping around other trees, and is often found on the edges of evergreen broad-leaved forests in western Japan. The leaves are alternate, odd-pinnate compound leaves consisting of 5-7 pairs of leaflets, and reach 30 cm in length. In summer, slender racemes similar to wisteria, 10-30 cm long, hang down from the leaf axils and produce numerous green-white, butterfly-shaped flowers. After flowering, pods 6-9 cm long are produced. Overall, it resembles Wisteria , but differs in that the inflorescences are axillary.

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Japanese:
マメ科のつる性の落葉低木。ドヨウフジともいう。山地または低地の林中に他木に巻きついて生え,西日本の照葉樹林のへりなどに多くみられる。葉は互生し,5~7対の小葉から成る奇数羽状複葉で,長さ 30cmに達する。夏,葉腋からフジに似た長さ 10~30cmの細長い総状花序を下垂し,多数の緑白色の蝶形花をつける。花後,長さ6~9cmの莢をつくる。全体としてフジ属 Wisteriaに似ているが,花序が腋生する点などで異なる。

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