Chocolate Vine Flower

Did you know

• The flowers emit a sweet chocolate and vanilla fragrance, most noticeable on warm spring days.
• The unusual sausage-shaped fruits split open when ripe to reveal sweet, translucent edible flesh.
• Female and male flowers appear on the same plant but look different, with larger purple females and smaller pink males.
• The vine is semi-evergreen, keeping its leaves in mild winters but dropping them in harsh cold.
• It is considered invasive in parts of the eastern United States where it smothers native vegetation.

Color meanings

Uses

• ornamental vine
• edible fruit
• arbor and pergola cover