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Japanese aucuba
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English name |
Japanese aucuba（JPG：389KB） |
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Scientific name |
Aucuba japonica Thunb. var. japonica |
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Best season |
March, April, May To produce a crop:December, January, Feburuary |
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Commentary |
An evergreen shrub that grows in forests. Dioecious. The leaves are opposite and clustered at the tops of the branches. It bears many small purple-brown flowers in panicles ate the ends of branches. Female flowers have no stamens and the pistils of male flowers are degenerate. The fruit is 1.5-2 cm long, oval, and ripens red. It is also used a garden tree. |
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