Obasunoki - Obasunoki

...The fruit is spherical, 7 mm in diameter, and contains several seeds. The basic variety, V. smallii A.Gray, grows on the forest edges of the upper temperate to subarctic zones, and its leaves are large, oblong or elliptical, 3-8 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide, with many hairs along the underside of the veins. V. smallii is found on the Pacific coast of Honshu from the Kanto region to the west, and in Shikoku, while V. serrata is found in Hokkaido, and on the Japan Sea coast of Honshu from the Tohoku region to the west of Chubu region. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oobasunoki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…果実は球形で径7mm，中に数個の種子がある。基本変種のオオバスノキV.smallii A.Grayは温帯上部から亜寒帯の林縁に生え，葉は長楕円形か楕円形で大きく，長さ3～8cm，幅1.5～3cm，裏の脈のわきに毛が多い。スノキは本州の関東地方以西の太平洋側，四国に分布し，オオバスノキは北海道，本州の東北地方と中部地方以西の日本海側に分布する。…

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