Stauntonia coriacea
Species of flowering plant
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Stauntonia coriacea, commonly known as blue china vine, is an evergreen liana indigenous to temperate east Asia. The leaves have a waxy texture. It produces white monoecious flowers followed by pink-colored sausage-shaped fruits with white-colored pulp. The fruits are, technically, berries. They ripen and drop during autumn. The fruits are edible,[citation needed] but are not commonly used as food. It is often grown as an ornamental plant.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Lardizabalaceae |
| Genus: | Stauntonia |
| Species: | S. coriacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Stauntonia coriacea (Diels) Christenh. | |
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