…A semi-parasitic evergreen shrub of the family Mistletoe (illustration). It grows to about 50 cm in height, and larger plants can reach 1 m. The stem is cylindrical, green, fleshy, bifurcated, and sometimes trifurcated. The nodes are swollen and distinct, with internodes about 5-10 cm long, and the leaves grow opposite each other. The leaves are leathery, slightly fleshy, elliptical-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, about 3-5 cm long, dark green, and glossy all over. Dioecious. Flowers appear in late spring between the opposite leaves at the apex, and are pedunculated. There are 3-5 male flowers and 1-3 female flowers. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Viscum" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ヤドリギ科の半寄生性常緑小低木(イラスト)。高さ50cm前後,大きなものでは1mになることもある。茎は円柱状で緑色,多肉質で二叉(にさ),ときには三叉に分枝を繰り返す。節がふくれ,はっきりしていて節間は長さ5~10cmほど,節に葉を対生する。葉は革質でやや多肉,楕円状倒披針形から倒披針形,長さ3~5cmほど,深緑色,全縁で光沢がある。雌雄異株。花は晩春に頂端の対生する葉間に生じ,無花梗で,雄花は3~5個が,雌花は1~3個ずつつく。… ※「Viscum」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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