Philadelphus

Japanese: Philadelphus
Philadelphus

...A deciduous shrub of the Saxifragaceae family found along roadsides in mountainous areas, with a trunk about 2m tall (illustration). It is cultivated worldwide and often used for ornamental purposes due to its beautiful and fragrant flowers. The branches are highly bifurcated, and the young branches are covered with soft hairs. The leaves have short stalks and grow in opposite pairs. The leaf blade is 5-10cm long, green on the upper side and pale green on the lower side, oblong-ovate with a long, pointed tip, sparsely serrated edges, and five prominent parallel veins running from the base. In June and July, it produces racemose cymes at the ends of the branches, and bears 5-9 white flowers about 2.7cm in diameter. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Philadelphus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…山地の路傍に見られるユキノシタ科の落葉低木で,幹の高さは約2m(イラスト)。花が美しく,また香りがあるので,世界に広く栽培され,観賞用としてよく利用されている。枝はふたまたによく分枝し,若い枝には軟毛がある。葉には短柄があり,対生する。葉身は長さ5~10cm,表は緑色,裏面は淡緑色,長楕円状卵形で先は長くとがり,ふちには微凸状の鋸歯がまばらにあって,基部から平行した5脈が目だつ。6~7月,枝の先に総状的な集散花序をつくり,直径約2.7cmの白い花を5~9個つける。…

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