Inuzakura - Inuzakura

Japanese: イヌザクラ - いぬざくら
Inuzakura - Inuzakura

A deciduous tree of the Rosaceae family (APG classification: Rosaceae). It grows to a height of 10-18 meters. The bark is dark gray, and the leaves are alternate, obovate-elliptical, 6-10 cm long, sharply pointed at the tip, wedge-shaped at the base, and finely serrated at the edge. After the leaves appear in April-May, many small white 5-petaled flowers, about 7 mm in diameter, bloom in a 5-10 cm long raceme. The axis of the inflorescence is leafless. The fruit is oval with a slightly pointed tip, ripens yellow-red to black-purple around July, and the withered stamens and calyx remain at the base of the fruit. It grows wild in the mountains and fields of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and is also distributed in Jeju Island in the south of the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and China. It is used for firewood, charcoal, and woodblocks. Because the bark and twigs have a foul odor, it is called Kusozakura (Kusozakura) or Heppirizakura (Heppirizakura).

[Yoshio Kobayashi December 13, 2019]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

バラ科(APG分類:バラ科)の落葉高木。高さ10~18メートルになる。樹皮は暗灰色で、葉は互生し、倒卵状楕円(だえん)形、長さ6~10センチメートルで、先は鋭くとがり、基部はくさび形をしており、縁(へり)に細かい鋸歯(きょし)がある。4~5月に葉が出てから、径約7ミリメートルの小さい白色の5弁花が、長さ5~10センチメートルの総状花序に多数集まって開く。花序の軸には葉がない。果実は卵円形でやや先がとがり、7月ごろ黄赤色から黒紫色に熟し、枯れた雄しべと萼(がく)は果実の基部に残っている。本州、四国、九州の山野に野生し、朝鮮半島南の済州島、台湾、中国にも分布する。薪炭材、器具材、版木などにする。樹皮や小枝に臭気があるのでクソザクラ、ヘッピリザクラなどとよばれる。

[小林義雄 2019年12月13日]

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