Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Hook.et Thoms.

Japanese: ゴシュユ(呉茱萸) - ゴシュユ（英語表記）Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Hook.et Thoms.

A deciduous shrub or small tree of the Rutaceae family cultivated for medicinal purposes, reaching a height of 3-10 m. It is cultivated throughout Japan, but only female plants are cultivated in Japan. The plant is densely covered with long, pale yellowish brown hairs. The leaves are opposite, odd-pinnate, compound, and 16-32 cm long. There are 5-9 opposite leaflets, elliptical or oval, 6-15 cm long, with no or unclear blunt sawtooth edges, and glandular dots on the underside. In early summer, short panicles are produced at the ends of the branches, bearing small greenish-white flowers. The plant is dioecious, and the flowers are pentamerous.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

薬用のために栽培されるミカン科の落葉低木または小高木で高さ3～10mに達する。日本の各地で栽培されているが，日本には雌株しか栽培されていない。全体に淡黄褐色の長柔毛を密生する。葉は対生し，奇数羽状複葉，長さ16～32cm。小葉は5～9個で対生し，楕円形ないし卵形，長さ6～15cm，ふちに鋸歯がないか，または不明の鈍鋸歯があり，裏面に腺点を有する。初夏，枝先に短い円錐花序を出し緑白色の小花をつける。雌雄異株で，花は5数性。

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