Ookamenoki - Ookamenoki

Japanese: オオカメノキ - おおかめのき
Ookamenoki - Ookamenoki

A deciduous shrub of the Caprifoliaceae family (APG classification: Viburnum family). Also known as Musikari. There are various theories about the meaning of the name, and it is not well understood. It reaches a height of 7 to 8 meters, and the branches end in an inflorescence, which branches into pseudo-axillary branches. The winter buds have a pair of incompletely developed leaves, but they have not undergone the metamorphosis called bud scales. Small, stellate hairs like scales grow densely on the young branches and leaves. The inflorescence is a corymb, and the flowers around it are beautiful decorative flowers with large corollas, but they do not bear fruit. The flowers in the center of the inflorescence are bisexual. The flowers open in spring, and the corolla is white. The fruit is red at first, then black. The core has a deep groove on the ventral side. It is distributed in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Karafuto (Sakhalin), and parts of the Korean Peninsula, and is common in the upper temperate zone. Closely related species are known to exist in North America and China.

[Makiyuki Fukuoka December 14, 2021]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

スイカズラ科(APG分類:ガマズミ科)の落葉低木。別名ムシカリ。名の意味は諸説があり、よくわからない。樹高は7、8メートルに達し、枝の先が花序で終わり、仮軸(かじく)分枝をする。冬芽には発育不完全な1対の葉がつくが、芽鱗(がりん)とよばれるほどの変態はしていない。若い枝や葉などに鱗(うろこ)状の小さい星状毛が密生する。花序は散房形、周辺の花は花冠が大きくなった装飾花で美しいが、実ができない。花序中央部の花は両性花。花は春に開き、花冠は白色。果実は初め赤く、のちに黒くなる。核は腹側に1本の深い溝がある。北海道、本州、四国、九州、樺太(からふと)(サハリン)、さらに朝鮮半島の一部などに分布し、温帯上部に多い。北アメリカや中国に近縁種が知られている。

[福岡誠行 2021年12月14日]

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