Aucuba

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Aucuba' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/aucuba/). Accessed 2024-09-14.

Family

Cornaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

berry: Fleshy indehiscent fruit with seed(s) immersed in pulp.
calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Aucuba' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/aucuba/). Accessed 2024-09-14.

Foliage on Aucuba chinensis at Windcliff Garden, Seattle, USA. 24 February 2019. Image John Anderson.

A genus of two or three Asiatic evergreen shrubs with opposite, leathery leaves; the sexes are on different plants, in which respect it differs from its allies the cornels (Cornus). The petals, calyx-lobes, and stamens are four to each flower; and the fruit is a large, oblong berry, scarlet or orange coloured.

Aucuba japonica: a female plant in flower and fruit at Killerton, Devon, UK. 24 March 2023. Image Julian Sutton.

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