Lapageria

Japanese: Lapageria
Lapageria

…A climbing shrub of the lily family native to Chile in South America and the national flower of Chile (illustration). Beautiful trumpet-shaped flowers resembling lilies, purple with pink markings, hang downward from the top nodes. The name Kopiue comes from the local name, and the Japanese name Tsubakikazura comes from the fact that the leaves are shiny and camellia-like, and the flowers also resemble camellias. It is a hairless evergreen shrub that grows to a height of about 5m. The leaves are alternate, have short petioles, are egg-shaped lanceolate with pointed tips, are 8-9cm long, dark green, shiny, leathery and thick, and have 2-3 vertical veins on each side. …

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Japanese:

…南アメリカのチリの原産でチリの国花となっているユリ科のつる性低木(イラスト)。頂部の節から紫紅色に桃色の斑紋のあるユリに似たらっぱ状の美しい花を下向きにつける。コピウエの名は現地名からきており,和名のツバキカズラは葉がツバキに似て光沢があり,花もツバキに似ていることによる。無毛の常緑低木で高さ5mくらいになる。葉は互生し,短い葉柄があり,卵状披針形で先がとがり長さ8~9cm,濃緑色で光沢があり革質で厚く,片側にそれぞれ2~3本の縦に走る葉脈がある。…

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