Plum potato

HOPEFULLY AVAILABLE AGAIN FROM SEPTEMBER 2024.
This special Asian climbing plant produces delicious, juicy and sweet fruits. These are oval in shape, slightly bumpy, 5 cm long and pink-red to purple-blue in color, therefore somewhat resembling a potato in appearance. In Japan, the fruit is enormously popular as a dessert fruit. Along with the fruits, the roots and stems also have medicinal properties. The plants prefer sun to shade, at least in moist soil. The plant needs some time to get established in the first few years, but then it can grow considerably. Occasional pruning is then necessary and beneficial for flowering. The delightfully sweet-scented, cream-colored with lilac flowers have a slight chocolate scent in addition to the sweet notes. The plant flowers with male and female flowers on one plant.

Names:
Latin: Stauntonia hexaphylla
Dutch: Aardappelpruim (Potato Plum)
Also known as: Chocoladerank (Chocolate Vine)
English: Stauntonia