Akebia Quinata (Chocolate Vine) 木通（アケビ）

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

Look at these pretty Akebia quinata or more commonly chocolate vine flowers! They're interesting in that its female flowers are far bigger and more colorful than the male ones! The female flowers are mauve and 2 cm in diameter (1st photo) while the male ones are white and less than 1 cm in diameter (2nd photo). It was my first time to see that many male and female flowers growing at the same time. This year must be a good year for the plant. 

Female flowers of Akebia quinata 木通の雌花

Male flowers of chocolate vine アケビの雄花

A female and many male flowers side by side 雌花一つに雄花たくさん

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木通（アケビ）の花です。雄と雌があり、大きくて紫が雌、小さくて白いのが雄です。こんなにたくさんの雄と雌の花をいっぺんに見たのは初めてでした。

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