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Cornus kousais
is a deciduous tree with dark red-brown bark found in forests or
grasslands in mountainous regions. It grows to 5-15m in height.
Branches tinge brown or red-brown, and leaves attach onto their tops
together, opposite; blades are 4-12cm long, 3-7cm wide, wavy,
broad-oblong or board-ovate-oblong, with pointed tips, bases round,
margins entire. Flowers open when the leaves have developed. Things
that look like petals are involucral bracts, 3-8cm long, oval or
long-oblong-like ovate, in the center of which come masses of small,
20-30 light yellow-green flowers. Petals and stamens are both
composed of four parts. Multiple fruits, 1-1.5cm across, spherical,
mature red. Bloom time: May-July. |
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Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
