Autumn olive
Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. [Elaeagnaceae]
Akigumi (アキグミ, 秋茱萸)
Life form: deciduous shrub
Distribution: Himalayas - Japan (Kyushu - southern Hokkaido)
Habitat: sunny sites, such as forest edge
Seed dispersal: animal
Elaeagnus L. in Japan
Most of them are not distributed in Hokkaido
E. angustifolia L. (ホソグミ)
E. arakiana Koidz. (タンゴグミ)
E. epitricha Momiyama (キリシマグミ)
E. glabra Thunb. (ツルグミ)
E. hypoargentea Hatusima (ウラギンツルグミ)
E. liukiuensis Rehd. (リュウキュウツルグミ)
E. macrophylla Thunb. (マルバグミ)
E. maritima Koidz. (オオバツルグミ)
E. matsunoana Makino (ハコネグミ)
E. montana Makino (マメグミ)
- var. ovata (Maxim.) Araki (ツクバグミ)
E. multiflora Thunb. (ナツグミ, s.l.)
- var. multiflora (ホソバナツグミ, s.s.)
- var. gigantea Araki (ダイオウグミ/ビックリグミ)
- var. hortensis (Maxim.) Servettaz (トウグミ)
- f. jucindicocca (Koidz.) Araki (サイグミ)
E. murakamiana Makino (アリマグミ)
E. nikaii Nakai (オオナワシログミ)
E. nikoensis Nakai ex Hara (ニッコウナツグミ)
E. numajiriana Makino (コウヤグミ)
E. pungens Thunb. (ナワシログミ)
E. rotundata (Maxim.) Nakai (オガサワラグミ)
E. submacrophylla Servettaz (フユグミ)
E. takeshitae Makino (カツラギグミ)
E. umbellata Thunb. (アキグミ)
- var. coreana (Lev.) Lev. (カラアキグミ)
- var. rotundifolia Makino (マルバアキグミ)
E. yakusimensis Masamura (ヤクシマグミ)
E. yoshinoi Makino (ナツアサドリ)
E. × reflexa Morren et Decne. (マルバツルグミ)
E. × praematura (Koidz.) Araki (イズミグミ)
Elaeagnus umbellata in Hokkaido
[Left] a shrub. [Center] close-up of shoot. [Right] edible fruits. On Mount Hakodate, southern Hokkaido, on September 23 2010.