Compendium of Materia Medica

The bark and pods are both consumed by people.
Middle Volume, Part One

A traditional Chinese botanical woodcut illustration depicting the plant Yuzhizi (likely a species of Akebia). The image shows two climbing vine stems emerging from a common root base and twining around each other as they grow upwards. The plant features several clusters of trifoliate leaves and small, five-petaled flowers. Three elongated, speckled pod-like fruits hang from the vines. Delicate, spiral tendrils are shown at the tips of the vines, characteristic of a climbing plant.