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| July 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
July 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
July 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
| Family | Verbenaceae |
| Scientific name | Callicarpa japonica Thunberg |
| Synonyms | Callicarpa japonica Thunberg forma kuruninsularis Masamune; Callicarpa japonica Thunberg forma leucocarpa (Siebold) Rehder; Callicarpa japonica Thunberg var. leucocarpa Siebold; Callicarpa taquetii H. Léveillé |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) murasakishikibu [Murasaki-shikibu = a famous author in ancient Japan] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) coastal area of Honshu (west of Shizuoka Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=36 |
| Description | Plants 2-3m. Leaves 6-13cm length. Flowers pink 3-4mm, flowering in June to July. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference | Callicarpa japonica Thunb. |
| Callicarpa japonica Thunberg | |
| Novel clerodanes and methods for repelling arthropods (US Patent 20060235071) | |
| Cosmetics (Japanese Patent JP04312513/1992) | |
| Cosmetic composition containing moisture-retentive plant extract (Japanese Patent JP2000053557) |
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| July 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
July 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
July 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
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| November 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
November 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
November 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
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| January 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
