Nandina Thunb.

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

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'Nandina' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/nandina/). Accessed 2026-04-16.

Family

Berberidaceae

Species in genus

Nandina domestica

Glossary

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Nandina' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/nandina/). Accessed 2026-04-16.

Close up on the flowers of Nandina domestica, which are white with large yellow anthers. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 4 July 2020. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

A genus of a single species in E. Asia. With Podophyllum it shares the character – unusual in the Berberidaceae – of anthers that open by longitudinal slits, rather than hinged valves as is more usual in the family. The Japanese name for this species is ‘Nanten’ – hence Nandina.

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