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Ardisia crenata Sims
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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Ca 250 species mostly distributed in warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, Asia, and Australasia Small trees, and shrubs A. brevicaulis Diels (トンロクヤブコウジ) A. cornudentata Mez (ヒイラギマンリョウ) A. crenata Sims (マンリョウ) A. crispa (Thunb.) A. DC. (カラタチバナ)
var. caducipila (Nakai) Ohwi (ヤクシマタチバナ) |
f. xanthocarpa (Nakai) H. Ohashi (キミタチバナ) A. cymosa Blume (シナヤブコウジ)A. elliptica Thunb. (コウトウタチバナ) A. japonica (Thunb.) Blume (ヤブコウジ) A. kusukusensis Hayata (クスクスコウジ) A. obtusa Mez (トウランアクチ) A. polysticta Miq. (オオマンリョウ) A. pusilla A. DC. (ツルコウジ) var. liukiuensis (Nakai) Okuyama (リュウキュウツルコウジ) |
A. quinquegona Blume (シシアクチ) A. sieboldii Miq. (モクタチバナ)
f. nigrocarpa (Tuyama ex Nakai) H. Ohashi (クロミノモクタチバナ) A. walkeri Yuen P. Yang (オオツルコウジ) A. stenosepala Hayata (アリサンコウジ) |
Ardisia crenata in Japan
Manryou (マンリョウ, 万両), coralberry / Christmas berry
Life form: evergreen shrub < 1 m high
Habitat and distribution: Evergreen broad-leaved forests (India - East Asia, including southern Japan)
Biological invasion (生物学的侵入) → Southeast USA (called exotic pest plant)
Flower: white
Seed dispersal: animal (bird)
Utilization: gardening → many cultivars
Synonyms, discarded
Ardisia crenata Sims var. lanceolata (Masam.)
Ardisia crenata Sims f. taquetii (H.Lev.) Ohwi
f. aurantiaca (Nakai) Ohwi et Kitag., nom. nud (カバミノマンリョウ)
f. leucocarpa (Nakai) T. Yamanaka (シロミノマンリョウ)
f. xanthocarpa (Nakai) H. Ohashi (キミノマンリョウ)
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[1/2] a tree. [3] fruits. [1-3] at Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009. It is an invasive species to USA.