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| May 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Nyctaginaceae |
| Scientific name | Pisonia umbellifera (J. R. Forster & G. Forster) Seemann |
| Synonyms | Calpidia excelsa (Blume) Heimerl; Ceodes umbellifera J. R. Forster & G. Forster; Pisonia alba Spanoghe; Pisonia excelsa Blume |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) udo-no-ki (ウドノキ, 独活木 [meaning: udo tree (udo = Aralia cordata Thunberg) or useless tree]), oh-kusa-boku (オオクサボク, 大草木 [meaning: large weed tree]) |
| (English common name) bird catcher tree, umbrella catchbirdtree | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Ogasawara Islands, Kyushu (south of Amami Islands), Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific Islands, India, Madagascar | |
| Habitat | Forest. |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants 8-20m tall. Leaves 9-25cm long, 2.5-19cm wide. Flowers pale green ca. 5mm long, flowering in March to August. Fruits ca. 4-6cm long. Evergreen. Arbor trees. |
| Reference | Pisonia umbellifera (J. R. Forster & G. Forster) Seemann |
| Pisonia umbellifera (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Seem. | |
| Pisonia umbellifera (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Seem. |
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| May 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| May 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| May 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
