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| July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Verbenaceae |
| Scientific name | Callicarpa japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. luxurians Rehder |
| Synonyms | Callicarpa australis Koidzumi; Callicarpa japonica Thunberg ex Murray subsp. luxurians (Rehder) Masamune et Yanagihara |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) oh-murasakishikibu [large Murasaki-shikibu (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 | unknown |
| Description | Plants 2-3m. Leaves 10-25cm length. Flowers pink 4mm, flowering in June to July. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference | Callicarpa japonica Thunb. var. luxurians Rehder |
| Note | Sometimes Callicarpa glabra Koidzumi (Japanese common name = shima-murasaki) might be thought as a synonym of Callicarpa japonica var. luxurians. However, Callicarpa glabra is independent species from Callicarpa japonica var. luxurians and endemic to Ogasawara Islands. |
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| July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| November 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
