Skunkvine ヘクソカズラ(屁糞蔓)

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

I found it! Finally! This is skunkvine. The name is terrible but not only that. Its Japanese name, "fart shxx vine," too! 
Skunkvine 屁糞葛

Looks like a Russian cookie.... 
ロシアンクッキーに見える。。。?

Kawaii and pretty!
可愛くてちっちゃい!

I once compared the name of several plants in English and Japanese, and it was when I learned about this plant, which has such a hideous name because of "its strong, sulfurous odor exuded when its leaves or stems are crushed or bruised" according to Wikipedia. But I hadn't seen it, so since then I've been wondering what a plant called "skunkvine" in English and "fart shxx plant" in Japanese like?  

And now I've found it. It's like a Russian cookie to me, i.e., a cookie with strawberry jam on it...🍪 And this makes me feel more strongly that it is wrong to call such a pretty flower such a terrible name just because it's smelly. Maybe I should smell it next time I see it....😅  

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屁糞葛です。英語では「skunkvine」。いずれにしてもひどい名前です。葉や茎をつぶすと硫黄のような臭いがするからだそうです。でも、こんなかわいい花(ロシアンクッキー🍪に見える?)にちょっと(?)臭いだけでこの名前はひどすぎませんか?

今度見かけたら嗅いでみないといけませんね。。。😅

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