| Viburnum erosum, a
deciduous shrub with gray-brown barks, inhabiting forests in
mountainous regions, branches well to grow thick. Leaves are
opposite, blades measuring 4-9cm in length, 2-4cm in width, ovate to
oblong-like lanceolate, with tips pointed and bases broadly cuneate
to circular, margins being with sharp serrations. Branch ends emerge
3-7cm-long corymbs that bear many small white flowers; peduncles
have dense stellate hairs around them. The flowers, 5mm-across,
cleft in five, and open flat. Fruit (drupe) is oval-like circular,
5-7mm long, mature red in September-November. Bloom time: April-May. |
