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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Hamamelidaceae (マンサク科) > Disanthus cercidifolius
Disanthus Maxim. (マルバノキ)Monospecific genusMarubanoki (マルバノキ, 丸葉ノ木), long-stiped disanthus Benimansaku (ベニマンサク, 紅満作) Lifeform: deciduous shrub < 4 m high Distribution: endemic to Shikoku and Honshu (south to Chubu District), Japan → ssp. longipes (H. T. Chang) K. Y. Pan reported from China in 1991 |
Habitat: woodlands and forests Flower: dark red in autumn Utilization: ornamental tree for gardening (widely used in the world) |
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[1-3] at a rooftop garden, Kanda Shrine (神田明神), Tokyo, on May 30 2014.