Holboellia coriacea

Holboellia coriacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Lardizabalaceae
Genus: Holboellia
Species: H. coriacea
Binomial name
Holboellia coriacea
Diels

Holboellia coriacea, commonly known as blue china vine is a woody evergreen climbing vine indigenous to temperate east Asia. It produce white monoecious flowers followed by pink colored sausage shaped fruits with white colored pulps. The fruits are bionically berries. they ripen and drop at autumn. The fruits are edible but is not commonly used as food. It is often grown as ornamental plant. The leaves have a waxy texture.