Family | Adoxaceae (also placed in Caprifoliaceae) |
Scientific name | Viburnum japonicum (Thunberg) Sprengel |
Synonyms | Cornus japonica Thunberg; Viburnum fusiforme Nakai |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hakusan-boku (ハクサンボク, 白山木 [meaning: Mt. Hakusan tree]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Yamaguchi Prefecture), Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Taiwan | |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 2-6m tall. Leaves 7-15cm long. Flowers white corollas each 6mm, flowering in April to May. Evergreen. Shrub or subarbor trees. |
Reference | Viburnum japonicum (Thunb.) Spreng. |
May 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |