Akebia (Akebia trifoliata)

Family: Lardizabalaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Purple, Red Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Variable height, Variable spread.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Sweet but insipid. — Sweet but insipid.; The fruit has a delicate flavour and a soft juicy texture.; The flavour can be enhanced by the addition of a little lemon juice.; Valued more as a novelty, the fruit looks somewhat like a deep-purple coloured sausage.

Habitat & North American Range

Rocky places in woods and thickets to 1800 metres. Semideciduous forest margins, open forest along valleys, scrub on hillsides and by streams at elevations of 200 - 2100 metres. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)