Uwamizuzakura - Uwamizuzakura

Japanese: ウワミズザクラ - うわみずざくら
Uwamizuzakura - Uwamizuzakura

A deciduous tall tree of the Rosaceae family (APG classification: Rosaceae). It grows to a height of 10-20 meters. The leaves are alternate and oblong. They are 6-10 cm long, with a pointed tip and a rounded base, and have sharp sawtooth edges. They flower in April-May after the leaves open. They are 10-20 cm long racemes containing numerous white flowers, 6-10 mm in diameter. They have five petals, stamens longer than the petals, and several leaves on the axis of the inflorescence. The fruit is oval with a slightly pointed tip, and ripens yellow-red to black-purple in July-August. It grows wild in southwestern Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and is also distributed in China. The wood is very sticky, and is used for tool handles and utensils, and the bark and roots are used for dyes. In the Niigata Prefecture area, the flower buds and green fruits are pickled in salt and eaten as anningo, a dish known as anningo. The Hahaka tree (Kojiki), which was used to tell fortunes by roasting deer shoulder bones, is Uwamizuzakura. The closely related species, Shiurizakura, grows wild in central and northern Honshu and Hokkaido, as well as in the southern Kuril Islands, Ussuri, and Sakhalin. The base of the leaves is heart-shaped.

[Yoshio Kobayashi December 13, 2019]

Water cherry blossom
A 10-20cm long raceme grows at the end of the twigs, and many small white flowers bloom. ©Seishohmaru ">

Water cherry blossom

Flower of the Japanese cherry tree (morphology)
Subfamily Prunus cernua ©Shogakukan ">

Flower of the Japanese cherry tree (morphology)


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10~20メートルになる。葉は互生し、長楕円(ちょうだえん)形。長さ6~10センチメートル、先は尾状にとがり、基部は円く、縁に鋭い鋸歯(きょし)がある。花は4~5月に葉が開いてから咲く。長さ10~20センチメートルの総状花序に白色、径6~10ミリメートルの小花が多数集まる。花弁は5枚、雄しべは花弁より長く、花序の軸に数枚の葉がある。果実は卵円形で先がややとがり、7~8月に黄赤色から黒紫色に熟す。北海道南西部、本州、四国、九州に自生し、中国にも分布する。材は粘りが強く、道具の柄や器具材とし、樹皮や根を染料に用いる。新潟県地方ではつぼみの花穂や緑色の果実を塩漬けにして、「あんにんご」とよんで食べる。シカの肩の骨を焼いて占いをする際に用いられたハハカの木(『古事記』)はウワミズザクラである。近縁種のシウリザクラは本州中部以北、北海道に野生し、南千島、ウスリー、サハリンにも分布する。葉の基部が心臓形である。

[小林義雄 2019年12月13日]

ウワミズザクラ
小枝の先に長さ10~20cmの総状花序を出し、白色の小花を多数開く©Seishohmaru">

ウワミズザクラ

ウワミズザクラの花〔形態〕
サクラ亜科©Shogakukan">

ウワミズザクラの花〔形態〕


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