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(First upload on March 14 2013. Last on April 12 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]

Nandina Thunb. (ナンテン) Nanten (ナンテン, 南天), (Japanese) sacred bamboo (南天竹 in Chinese, 竹 = bamboo) Life form: (semi-)evergreen shrub ≈ 2 m in height Distribution: originating from China (now naturally established in the southern part of Japan)

Habitat: forest (森林), including the edge Seed dispersal: animal, by red or (rarely) white fruits Chromosome number: 2n = 20 Utilization: gardening and medicine Cultivars: cv. porphylocarpa (フジナンテン) (syn. var. porphyrocarpa Makino) cv. shironanten (シロミナンテン/キミノナンテン) (syn. var. leucocarpa Makino) cv. latifolia (オタフクナンテン)

Nandina domestica in Japan

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[1] at an entrance of a trail on Mount Yatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 5 2013. [2] at Yushima Temple (seido), Tokyo, on May 30 2014. [3/4] at Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo, on November 11 2013. [5] in the hometown forest of Haramachida, Tokyo, on December 10 2017. [6] in Tsurumi Green Space Park (鶴見緑地公園), Tsurumi Ward, Osaka City, on February 6 2022.

cv. shironanten

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[1-3] in Ikuta Forest at the backyard of Ikuta Shrine, Kobe, western Japan, on March 16 2019.

cv. latifolia

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[1-3] between Okachimachi and Ichigaya, Tokyo, on January 8 2019.