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A climbing perennial in the hemp family; dioecious. Japanese name 'Seiyou-karahana-sou'. The female cones ('kyuuka') are a key ingredient in beer, essential for bitterness, aroma, foam retention, and preservation. The craft-beer boom has driven a proliferation of cultivars.

Identification Points

• ✓Climbing vine that twines clockwise
• ✓Palmately 3–5 lobed leaves with serrate margins
• ✓Female flowers form green, spherical cones

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