Family | Oleaceae |
Tribe | Oleeae |
Scientific name | Chionanthus retusus Lindley & Paxton |
Synonyms | Chionanthus chinensis Maximovicz; Chionanthus coreana H. Léveillé; Chionanthus duclouxii Hickel; Chionanthus retusa Lindley & Paxton; Chionanthus retusa Lindley & Paxton var. coreanus (H. Léveillé) Nakai; Chionanthus retusus Lindley & Paxton var. coreana Nakai Chionanthus retusus Lindley & Paxton var. fauriei H. Léveillé; Chionanthus retusus Lindley & Paxton var. mairei H. Léveillé; Chionanthus retusus Lindley & Paxton var. serrulatus (Hayata) Koidzumi; Chionanthus serrulatus Hayata; Linociera chinensis Fischer ex Maximovicz |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hitotsuba-tago (ヒトツバタゴ, 一葉田子 [meaning: one leaf tago (tago = Fraxinus japonica Blume)]), nanjya-monjya (ナンジャモンジャ [meaning: What's that?]) |
(English common name) Chinese fringe tree | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Central region) |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=46 |
Description | Plants 2-3m tall. Leaves 4-8cm long. Flowers yellow corollas 2.5cm across, flowering in March to April. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Chionanthus retusus Lindl. & Paxton |
Chionanthus retusus Lindley & Paxton | |
Foliar fertilizer and method for using the same (US Patent 6475258/2002) | |
Juvenile Hormone Analogs for Control of Leafhopper and Treehopper Pests (US Patent 20070225338) | |
Hair or skin treating agent containing an extract of an Oleaceae family plant (WIPO Patent WO/2007/000214) |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2005 at Okachimachi Park |
May 2005 at Okachimachi Park |
May 2005 at Okachimachi Park |
December 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |