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Hedera, commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan.
Hedera helix, the common ivy, European ivy, King's Choice ivy, or just ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to most of Europe and parts of western Asia. Ivy is a clinging evergreen vine that grows on tree trunks, walls, and fences in gardens, waste spaces, and wild habitats. Ivy is popular as an ornamental ...
Epipremnum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, found in tropical forests from China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia to Australia the western Pacific. [1] [2] [3] They are evergreen perennial vines climbing with the aid of aerial roots. [4] They may be confused with other Monstereae such as Rhaphidophora, Scindapsus and ...
It is commonly known as ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground, [2] creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, and run-away-robin. [2] It is also sometimes known as creeping jenny , but that name more commonly refers to Lysimachia nummularia .
In its native range, the vine has traditional medicinal uses (China, Korea) and as a culinary sweetener (Japan). Both within and outside of East Asia, the plant is primarily used as an ornamental plant. Cultivars include 'Veitchii'. [5] Like the related Virginia creeper, P. tricuspidata is widely grown to cover the façades of masonry buildings.
Orobanche hederae, the ivy broomrape, is, like other members of the genus Orobanche, a parasitic plant without chlorophyll, and thus totally dependent on its host, which is ivy. It grows to 60 cm (2 ft), with stems in shades of brown and purple, sometimes yellow.
The plants grow as creeping vines, climbing vines, shrubs, or, in the case of lacquer tree (T. vernicifluum) and poison sumac , as trees. While leaves of poison ivy and poison oaks usually have three leaflets, sometimes there are five or, occasionally, even seven leaflets.
In Indonesia, Strobilanthes alternata is used to promote urination, check and heal hemorrhages, stop dysentery, and treat venereal diseases. [1]The plant is popular in the United States and rarely the United Kingdom to use in hanging baskets for gardens.The botanical name of Red flame ivy is Hemigraphis colorata Blume.