Cleyera japonica

Family	Ternstroemiaceae (Also placed in Theaceae)
Scientific name	Cleyera japonica Thunberg
Synonyms	Adinandra chingii F. P. Metcalf; Cleyera japonica Thunberg forma serrata (Hayashi) Sugimoto; Cleyera japonica Thunberg forma tricolor (G. Nicholson) Kobuski; Cleyera japonica Thunberg var. hayatae (Masamune & Yamamoto) Kobuski; Cleyera japonica Thunberg var. morii (Yamamoto) Masamune; Cleyera ochnacea de Candolle; Eroteum ochnaceum (de Candolle) Nakai; Eurya ochnacea (de Candolle) Szyszyłowicz; Eurya ochnacea (de Candolle) Szyszyłowicz var. contracta (Honda) Makino & Nemoto; Eurya ochnacea (de Candolle) Szyszyłowicz var. morii Yamamoto; Freziera ochnecea (de Candolle) Nakai ex Mori; Sakakia hayatae Masamune & Yamamoto; Sakakia morii (Yamamoto) Yamamoto & Masamune; Sakakia ochnacea (Candolle) Nakai; Sakakia ochnacea (Candolle) Nakai var. contorta Honda; Sakakia ochnacea (Candolle) Nakai var. serrata Hayashi; Ternstroemia japonica (Thunberg) Thunberg; Tristylium ochnaceum (Candolle) Merrill; Tristylium ochnaceum (Candolle) Merrill var. morii (Yamamoto) Sasaki
Common name	(Japanese common name) sakaki (サカキ, 榊 [meaning of sakaki is unknown])
	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan
Chromosomal number	2n=90
Description	Plants 2-10m tall. Leaves 6-10cm long. Flowers white ca. 1.5cm across, flowering in June to July. Evergreen. Arbor trees.
Reference	Cleyera japonica Thunb.
	Cleyera japonica Thunberg

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