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Dipsacales
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Viburnum
Viburnum japonicum var. boninsimense

Viburnum japonicum var. boninsimense ("Tokiwagamazumi")

Japanese name: トキワガマズミ (常盤莢蒾)
Scientific name: Viburnum japonicum var. boninsimense

[Overview]
An evergreen shrub 3–4 m tall, found in slightly moist forests and on rocky slopes in mountain areas at elevations of about 200–300 m.
The bark is grayish white, and young branches are green.
Leaves are simple and opposite, rhombic-ovate to rhombic-reniform, 6–15 cm long, with a shortly pointed tip and a base that is somewhat truncate or broadly wedge-shaped.
The upper surface is smooth and glossy, the lateral veins run straight, and the margin has low teeth.
The petiole is 1–3 cm long and has white hairs.
At the branch tips, flat corymbs 8–13 cm across are produced together with 1–2 pairs of leaves, and the inflorescence has long soft hairs.
The flowers are white, 6 mm across, and the corolla is 5-lobed.
The fruit is about 8 mm long and ripens red.

Details

Names
Japanese: トキワガマズミ(常盤莢蒾)、シマハクサンボク(島白山木)、カゴブチ、ガマズミ
Life form
Shrub, Small tree
Evergreen / deciduous
Evergreen
Leaf type
Broadleaf
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
May, June, July
Distribution or origin
Japan (Ogasawara Islands: Chichijima, Hahajima, Kita-Iojima)
Growth form
Branching
Height
3000–4000 mm
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed)
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf margin
Serrate
Inflorescence
Corymb
Flower color
White
Flower diameter
6
Fruit color
Red
Leaf color
Green
Designated plants
EN: Endangered (Class IB), Endemic to Japan

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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