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Photinia serratifolia (Desf.) Kalkman






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

Photinia Lindl. (カナメモチ)
Oh-kanamemochi (オオカナメモチ, 大要黐), Taiwanese photinia or Chinese photinia
Lifeform: evergreen short tree ≈ 4-10 m in height
Distribution: India - China - Taiwan - Japan (Nansei Islands) - Philippines - Indonesia
Habitat: mixed forests
Toxin: cyanogenic glycosides in leaves
var. ardisiifolia (Hayata) H. Ohashi (マンリョウカマツカ), leaf = reverse ovate or ellipse-shaped, leathery in texture
var. daphniphylloides, Taiwan. leaf = elliptic or long obovate
var. lasiopetala (Hayata) H. Ohashi (ケバナカナメモチ), leaf = obovate, slender or spoon-shaped
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Photinia serratifolia in Japan


ST1 ST2 ST2
[1-3] in Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on March 12 2026.

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