Zaifuriboku - Zaifuriboku

Japanese: ザイフリボク - ざいふりぼく
Zaifuriboku - Zaifuriboku

A deciduous medium-sized tree of the Rosaceae family (APG classification: Rosaceae). It can grow to 3-6 meters in height, and occasionally reaches 10 meters. The trunk is dark black. The leaves are alternate, simple, and obovate. The young leaves have a lot of white fluff on both sides, but later almost all of it disappears. In April and May, the tips of the branches that appear that year bear numerous white, five-petaled flowers, each about 3 cm in diameter. The petals are broadly linear. The fruit is a pear-shaped, spherical fruit, about 6 mm in diameter. The sepals remain even when the fruit is in full bloom. It grows mostly in low mountain areas, and is distributed from Honshu to Kyushu and the Korean peninsula. It was named after the inflorescence, which resembles a bow. It is also known as Shidezakura (four-handed cherry tree). The Amelanchier genus consists of about 25 species, but all but three are found in North America. It is cultivated in gardens for its white flowers and beautiful fruit.

[Naohiro Naruhashi January 21, 2020]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

バラ科(APG分類:バラ科)の落葉中高木。高さ3~6メートル、まれに10メートルに達するものもある。幹は暗黒色。葉は互生し、単葉で倒卵形、若葉は両面に白色の綿毛が多くあるが、のちにほとんどなくなる。4~5月、その年に出た枝先に径約3センチメートルの白色の5弁花を多数つける。花弁は広線形。果実はなし状果で球形、径約6ミリメートル。萼片(がくへん)は果実時にも残る。低山地に多く生え、本州から九州、および朝鮮半島に分布する。名は、花序が采配(さいはい)に似ることからつけられた。シデザクラ(四手桜)の別名もある。ザイフリボク属は約25種からなるが、3種を除いてすべて北アメリカにみられる。白い花ときれいな果実を観賞するため、庭園に栽培される。

[鳴橋直弘 2020年1月21日]

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