Skunk Vine

This is 'Hekuso-Kazura' or skunk vine. The other Japanese names are 'Yaito-bana' and 'Saotome-bana'. The botanical name is Paederia scandens.







Sorry that the pictures are out of focus.

Though I didn't notice, it seems to smell extremely bad...


The Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* Hekuso-Kazura : 屁糞葛
* Yaito-bana : 灸花
* Saotome-bana : 早乙女花