Japanese name: マルバノホロシ Scientific name:Solanum maximowiczii
[Overview]
A climbing perennial found at forest edges in the mountains.
It has a long rhizome.
The whole plant is hairless.
The leaves are alternate, 5–10 cm long and 1.5–4 cm wide, oblong to narrowly ovate; young leaves have dotted projections on the upper surface, but later both surfaces become hairless.
The leaf margins are entire.
The leaves have petioles.
The flowers are borne in cymes.
The corolla is 1 cm across and pale purple to white, divided into 5 lobes that bend strongly backward.
The center of the corolla is yellowish green.
The fruit is spherical, 0.7–1 cm across, and ripens red.
