Family | Adoxaceae (also placed in Caprifoliaceae) |
Scientific name | Viburnum erosum Thunberg ex Murray |
Synonyms | Viburnum ichangense Rehder; Viburnum erosum Thunberg ex Murray forma lanceum (Nakai) Sugimoto; Viburnum erosum Thunberg ex Murray forma punctatum (Franchet et Savatier) Sugimoto; Viburnum erosum Thunberg ex Murray var. exstipulatum Koidzumi; Viburnum erosum Thunberg ex Murray var. furcipila Franchet & Savatier; Viburnum erosum Thunberg ex Murray var. lanceum Nakai; Viburnum erosum Thunberg ex Murray var. osumianum Hayata; Viburnum erosum Thunberg ex Murray var. punctatum Franchet et Savatier; Viburnum erosum Thunberg ex Murray var. punctatum Franchet et Savatier forma sikokianum (Koidzumi) Hara; Viburnum matsudai Hayata; Viburnum sikokianum Koidzumi |
Common name | (Japanese common name) koba-no-gamazumi (コバノガマズミ, 小葉ガマズミ [meaning: small leaved gamazumi (gamazumi Viburnum dilatum)]) |
(English common name) Japanese arrowwood | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Fukushima Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Plants 2-4m tall. Leaves 9-10cm long. Flowers white corollas 5mm, flowering in April to May. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Viburnum erosum Thunb. |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |