Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物

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  Callicarpa japonica / Murasakishikibu ムサキシキブ

Bloom time: June-August

   
Family:
 
Verbenaceae /
Kumatsuzuraka


 

Species 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 barks. Leaves are opposite; blades measure 6-13cm long, 2.5-6cm wide, oblong, tip's parts taper to points, bases narrowly cuneate, with fine serrations on margins. No hairs are on leaf surfaces, as with the backsides. However, the bottoms have sparse light yellow glandular dots. Flowers, light red-purple, put themselves in cymes borne at axils. Corollas measure 3-5mm in length, the upper parts cleft in 4, and the lobes open flat. Stamens are four in number and pistils one. Drupes, 3mm across, spherical, mature in purple. Bloom time: June-August.  
             
                     
                     
                     

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inserted by FC2 system