Anodendron affine (Hook.et Arn.) Druce

Japanese: サカキカズラ（英語表記）Anodendron affine (Hook.et Arn.) Druce

A climbing shrub of the Apocynaceae family found in warm regions of Japan; the stems of large trees can reach a diameter of 12 cm (illustration). The bark is dark purple, milky, and completely hairless. The leaves are opposite, oblong-oblanceolate or oblong, 5-10 cm long, soft, leathery, evergreen, pointed at both ends, with widely spaced lateral veins, dark green glossy upper surface, and pale green underside. The flowers are terminal cones, small, yellow-green, and numerous, in cymes 7-8 cm in diameter. The corolla is high-tray 8-10 mm in diameter, thin tubular at the bottom, and flat-open with 5 lobes at the top, with scaly white hairs growing on the inner surface along with the tubular part.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本の暖地に見られるキョウチクトウ科のつる性低木で，大きなものは茎の径12cmになる（イラスト）。樹皮は暗紫色，乳液を有し，全体に毛がない。葉は対生し，長楕円状倒披針形または長楕円形，長さ5～10cm，やわらかい革質，常緑で，両端はとがり，側脈の間隔は広く，葉の表面は暗緑色で光沢があり，裏面は淡緑色。花は頂生の円錐形で，径7～8cmの集散花序につき，小さく黄緑色で多数。花冠は高盆形で径8～10mm，下部は細い筒となり，上部は5裂して平開し，内面は筒部とともに鱗片状の白い毛がはえる。

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