Euscaphis japonica (Thunb.) Kanitz

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

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'Euscaphis japonica' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/euscaphis/euscaphis-japonica/). Accessed 2024-03-27.

Synonyms

  • Sambucus japonica Thunb.
  • E. staphyleoides Sieb. & Zucc.

Other taxa in genus

    Glossary

    panicle
    A much-branched inflorescence. paniculate Having the form of a panicle.
    glabrous
    Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
    midrib
    midveinCentral and principal vein in a leaf.
    ovate
    Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.

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    Credits

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

    Recommended citation
    'Euscaphis japonica' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/euscaphis/euscaphis-japonica/). Accessed 2024-03-27.

    A deciduous bush up to 12 ft high, with stout, pithy branchlets and prominent buds; twigs glabrous. Leaves 6 to 10 in. long, opposite, consisting usually of seven or nine leaflets. Leaflets opposite, ovate, 212 to 4 in. long, long-pointed, shallowly toothed, glabrous except for a little down near the base of the midrib. Panicle terminal, branching, 4 to 9 in. long, carrying numerous yellowish white flowers, each about 14 in. across. Fruit consisting of three somewhat boat-shaped, spreading, rosy pink pods, 12 in. long; seeds black.

    Native of China, Korea, and Japan. It is not very hardy, and can be grown outside permanently only in the mildest localities.