Japanese name: イジュ Scientific name:Schima wallichii subsp. noronhae
[Overview]
An evergreen tree about 10 m tall.
Twigs at first have silky hairs, but soon become hairless.
Leaves are simple and alternate, tend to cluster at the branch tips, and are oblong-elliptic, about 10 cm long.
The leaf margins have low wavy serrations or low blunt serrations, and are sometimes entire.
The new shoots are tinged with red.
A short raceme at the branch tip bears white five-petaled flowers about 4–5 cm across.
The petals are round and open flat.
The stamens are yellow and numerous.
The sepals are small, 1.5–3.5 mm long.
The fruit is a woody, flattened-spherical capsule that splits into 5 when ripe.
The seeds are flat, with a thin, narrow wing on the edge.
[Uses]
The wood is used in construction.
Tannin is obtained from the bark.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings or layering.
It prefers sunny, well-drained soil.
