Notes For Reference:-

Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Callicarpa:

Callicarpa dichotoma / Komurasaki
Callicarpa dichotoma f. albibacca / Shirominokomurasaki
Callicarpa japonica / Murasakishikibu
Callicarpa mollis / Yabumurasaki
　

  Callicarpa japonica / Murasakishikibu ムサキシキブ

Callicarpa japonica, a deciduous shrub, grows as tall as 3 meters, with gray-brown bark. Leaves are opposite; blades measure 6-13cm long, 2.5-6cm wide, oblong, tips taper to points, bases narrowly cuneate, with fine serrations on margins. No hairs are on the leaf surfaces, as with the backsides. However, the bottoms have sparse, light-yellow glandular dots. Flowers, light red-purple, are borne in cymes at the axils. Corollas measure 3-5mm long, the upper parts are cleft in 4, and the lobes are open flat. Stamens are four in number, and pistils are one. Drupes, 3mm across, spherical, mature in purple. Bloom time: June-August.