| Family | Caprifoliaceae |
| Scientific name | Abelia serrata Siebold et Zuccarini var. sanguinea Makino |
| Synonyms | Abelia serrata Siebold et Zuccarini forma sanguinea (Sugimoto) Sugimoto |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) benibana-no-tsukubane-utsugi [red flowers tsukubane utsugi (tsukubane = Japanese traditional toy ball which has some shuttlecocks, utsugi = a tree which has empty body, tsukubane utsugi = Abelia spathulata Siebold et Zuccarini)] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Nagano Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants 1-2m. Leaves 2-3cm length. Flowers red corollas 2cm, flowering in May to June. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |