Orixa

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

Recommended citation
'Orixa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/orixa/). Accessed 2023-06-03.

Family

Rutaceae

Species in genus

Orixa japonica

Glossary

simple: (of a leaf) Unlobed or undivided.

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Orixa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/orixa/). Accessed 2023-06-03.

Typical maturing fruits on Orixa japonica, the carpels usually four, densely covered with oil glands on a female plant at Botanischer Garten Mainz, Germany (29 August 2022). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

A genus of one species in E. Asia, allied to Euodia and Zanthoxylum, but distinguished from the latter (and from cultivated species of the former) by its simple leaves.

Pale lemon autumn leaves on Orixa japonica (Yorkshire Arboretum, October 2022). Image John Grimshaw.

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