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(First upload on April 17 2016. Last on March 6 2017) [ 日本語 | English ]

Ardisia japonica (Thunb.) Blume






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Ardisia Sw. (ヤブコウジ)
Yabukouji (ヤブコウジ, 藪柑子), marlberry
Juuryou (十両)
Life form: stoloniferous, evergreen shrub
Distribution: widespread in the East Asia, including Japan
Habitat: forest floor
Flower: pale pink-white in early to late June in Sendai
Seed dispersal: red fruit → animal (bird)
Utilization: ornamental and gardening
Synonyms:

Bladhia japonica Thunb.

var. angusta (Nakai) Makino et Nemoto (ホソバヤブコウジ)

f. leucocarpa (Nakai) Sugim. ex T. Yamaz. (シラタマコウジ)

f. albifructa (H. Hara) Sugim. (シロミヤブコウジ)
+ about 40 cultivars
索引

Ardisia japonica in Japan


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1] in Botanic Gardens, Tohoku University, Natural Monument Aobayama, northern Honshu, on March 23 2016. [2/3] in the Koishikawa-Korakuen Gardens (小石川後楽園), Tokyo, on November 18 2016.

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