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Eurya japonica is a
common evergreen shrub to trim trees, with smooth, dark brown to
black-gray barks found in forest floors in mountainous regions.
Thick, leathery, glossy, and hairless, leaves are alternate, and
those on lateral branches are distichous (arranged
in two vertical columns)
at the same time. Blades are oblong or oblanceolate, 3-7cm in
length, 1.5-3cm in width, with tips obtuse, bases acute, and margins
shallowly serrated. Flowers are dioecious; axils set 1-3 bell- or
cup-shaped flowers in a bundle, 2.5-3mm across, bloom facing
downward. Sap fruit measure 4-5mm in diameter, mature purple-black
in October-November. Bloom time: March-April. |
