Photinia villosa




Family Rosaceae
Scientific name Photinia villosa (Thunberg) de Candolle
Synonyms Crataegus laevis Thunberg; Crataegus villosa Thunberg; Mespilus laevis Lamarck; Myrtus laevis Thunberg; Photinia arguta G. Nicholson; Photinia arguta G. Nicholson var. laevis Wenzig; Photinia laevis (Thunberg) de Candolle; Photinia laevis Blume; Photinia variabilis Hemsley; Photinia villosa (Thunberg) de Candolle var. laevis (Thunberg) Dippel; Pourthiaea coreana Decaisne; Pourthiaea laevis (Thunberg) Koidzumi; Pourthiaea oldhami Decaisne; Pourthiaea thunburgii Decaisne; Pourthiaea villosa (Thunberg) Decaisne; Pourthiaea villosa (Thunberg) Decaisne var. coreana Nakai; Pourthiaea villosa (Thunberg) Decaisne var. laevis (Thunberg) Stapf; Pourthiaea villosa (Thunberg) Decaisne var. laevis (Decaisne) T. B. Lee; Sorbus villosa Zabel; Sorbus villosa Zabel forma laevis Zabel
Common name (Japanese common name) kama-tsuka [sickle handle], ushi-goroshi [cattle killer]
(English common name) oriental photinia, smooth oriental photinia
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China, Thailand
Chromosomal number 2n=68
Description Plants 5-7m. Leaves 4-7cm. Flowers white 8-9mm, flowering in April to May. Deciduous. Shrub or subarbor trees.
Reference Photinia villosa (Thunb.) DC. var. laevis (Thunb.) Dippel
Photinia villosa (Thunberg) Candolle
Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and uses thereof (US Patent 7265267/2007)
Method for modifying plant morphology, biochemistry and physiology (US Patent 7259296/2007)
Gene and uses therefor to modify pasture qualities of crops (US Patent 7244599/2007)
Sugar beet genes involved in stress tolerance (US Patent 7227053/2007)
Use of double and opposite recombination sites or the single step cloning of two dna segments (US Patent 20040132042)
Plant haemoglobin (US Patent 20060288455)
Plants having increased yield and a method for making the same (US Patent 20070270578)



May 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park
May 2007
at Imperial Palace
May 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park



May 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park
May 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park



November 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park
November 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park
November 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park



December 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
December 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden