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

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Elaeagnus glabra / Tsurugumi ツルグミ

Bloom time: October-November

   
Family:
 
Elaeaganaceae /
Gumika


 

Species in the genus Elaeagnus:


Elaeagnus glabra / Tsurugumi
Elaeagnus macrophylla / Oobagumi (Marubagumi)
Elaeagnus multiflora / Natsugumi
Elaeagnus pungens / Nawashirogumi
Elaeagnus umbellata./ Akigumi
Elaeagnus umbellata var. corean / Karaakigumi
Elaeagnus umbellata var. rotundifolia / Marubaakigumi
 
   

Elaeagnus glabra / Tsurugumi ツルグミ

 
Elaeagnus glabra, a liana evergreen shrub, inhabits forests, forest edges, or cliff edges in seashores, coastal districts, or hills, extending long on other trees and growing 2-3m tall. Leaves are alternate; blades measure 4-8cm long, 2.5-3.5cm wide, long-oblong or oval-like long-oblong, with silver scaly hairs on surfaces first, which fall out later, back surfaces generally with dense red-brown scaly hairs. Axils hang some light brown flowers, and calyx tubes are slender, 4-6mm long, and taper toward the bases. Fruit (pseudocarp), about 1.5cm-long long-oblong, mature red in April. Bloom time: October-November.
                     
                 
                     

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