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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Caprifoliaceae (スイカズラ科) > Viburnum odoratissimum
Viburnum L. (ガマズミ)Sangoju (サンゴジュ, 珊瑚樹, s.l.), sweet viburnumEtymology of Japanese name: the red fruit is compared to coral (珊瑚) Lifeform: evergreen tree Distribution: southeast Asia, including Japan (south to Kanto District) Habitat: lowland mountains Seed dispersal: animal |
Use: fire-control tree (防火樹) ← flame-retardant leaf because of the thickness Synonyms: Viburnum awabuki K. Koch var. awabuki (K.Koch) Zabel (サンゴジュ), s.s.var. odoratissimum (タイワンサンゴジュ) |
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[1-4] at Yushima Temple (seido), Tokyo, on May 30 2014. [4] a bark (樹皮)