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Ligustrum japonicum Thunb.






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

Ligustrum L. (イボタ)
Nezumimochi (ネズミモチ, 鼠黐), Japanese privet
Tamatsubaki (タマツバキ)
Lifeform: evergreen, short tree ≈ 5 m tall
Distribution: China - Taiwan - Japan (south to Honshu)
Habitat: sunny lowland (typical sun tree)
Leaf vein: ⇒ L. lucidum
Fruit: globular → Seed dispersal: animal
Use: hedge and street tree
var. rotundifolium Bl. (フクロモチ)
var. spathulatum Mansfeld (イワキ)
f. leucocarpum (Honda) T. Yamanaka (キミノネズミモチ)
f. pubescens (Koidz.) Murata (ケネズミモチ)
f. repens Honda (ハイネズミモチ)
Cultivars: Elegans (フクリンネズミモチ), Varietum (キモンネズミモチ)
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Ligustrum japonicum in Japan


ST1 ST2
[1/2] in the hometown forest of Haramachida, Tokyo, on December 10 2017.

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