Viburnum japonicum




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