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. |