Karatane Ogatama - Karatane Ogatama

Japanese: カラタネオガタマ - からたねおがたま
Karatane Ogatama - Karatane Ogatama

...It is also used for medicinal purposes, and its wood is used for alcove pillars, etc. The closely related M. figo , native to China, is used as a garden tree and gives off a very strong banana-like fragrance. M. champaca and M. × alba , native to Southeast Asia, are flowering trees commonly seen in the tropics and subtropics, and are sometimes cultivated in greenhouses in Japan.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その他,薬用にも使われ,材は床柱等に利用される。近縁の中国原産カラタネオガタマM.figoは庭園樹として用いられ,きわめて強いバナナ様の香を放つ。東南アジア原産のキンコウボクM.champacaとギンコウボクMalbaは熱帯,亜熱帯でよく見かける花木で,日本でもときに温室栽培されている。…

※「カラタネオガタマ」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。

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