AKA: Akebia
Planting: Well drained soil in sun, fully hardy climbing perennial. Several plants are needed for fruiting.
Harvest: Stems are cut in autumn, young leaves are picked in spring, fruits are harvested when ripe and used fresh.
Culinary: Dried leaves are used for tea. Fruit pulp is eaten fresh.
Medicinal: A pungent bitter herb that controls bacterial and fungal infections, stimulates the circulatory and urinary systems and female organs, and is a potent diuretic due to the high content of potassium salts. Used internally for UTI’s, rheumatoid arthritis.
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Seeded: Transplanted spring 2009 in F8.
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