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(First upload on December 18 2009. Last on October 28 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Mallotus Lour. (アカメガシワ) Akamegashiwa (アカメガシワ, 赤芽柏 / 赤柏, 御菜葉, 五菜葉, アカベ), food wrapper plant Lifeform: deciduous tree Distribution: east Asia, including Japan (but not distributed in Hokkaido)

Habitat: common in secondary forests (pioneer tree) volcanoes (火山) Shoot: cherry red Hair: stellate Seed dispersal: bird (use for staining)

Mallotus japonicus in Japan

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[1] in front of JR Yotsuya Station, Tokyo, on May 26 2017. [2/3] at Rakuju-en Garden (楽寿園), Mishima, on November 18 2009. [4] at a 6th trail near the Biwa Falls on Mount Takao (599 m elevation), Tokyo, on October 21 2013. [5] a specimen collected from a black pine forest in the campus of Niigata University (新潟大学) on September 16 1990. The specimen is stored in SAPS. [6] in an openland beside Nanki Kumano GeoPark Center, western Japan, on June 25 2024.