Japanese name: ヒヨドリジョウゴ（鵯上戸） Scientific name:Solanum lyratum var. lyratum
[Overview]
A climbing perennial found near houses and in bright woods.
It has a long rhizome.
The stem grows about 3–5 m long and is densely covered with glandular hairs.
The leaves are alternate, 3–10 cm long and 2–6 cm wide, ovate, and those on the lower part of the stem are 3–5-lobed.
Both surfaces of the leaves and the petiole are densely hairy.
The petiole is 1.5–4 cm long, and the plant uses it to twine around other objects.
The flowers are borne in cymes.
The corolla is 1 cm across and white, divided into 5 lobes that bend strongly backward.
The fruit is spherical, 8 mm across, and ripens red.
