Jozan - Jozan

Japanese: ジョウザン - じょうざん

A deciduous shrub of the Saxifragaceae family that grows on the forest floor along roadsides and streams in tropical and subtropical mountains, with a trunk 1-2 m tall (illustration). It is not native to Japan, but is occasionally cultivated. The leaves are stalked and opposite, with an obovate-elliptical blade that is usually the widest slightly above, wedge-shaped at the base, pointed at the tip, 7-22 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, and coarsely sawtoothed along the edges. Young branches, petioles, and leaf blades are finely hairy. The beautiful blue-purple flowers bloom in large numbers in corymbs at the ends of branches or in the upper leaf axils of the branches.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

熱帯～亜熱帯の山地路傍や渓流沿いの林床に生えるユキノシタ科の落葉低木で，幹の高さは1～2m（イラスト）。日本には産しないが，まれに栽培されることがある。葉には柄があって対生し，葉身は倒卵状楕円形，ふつう葉身のやや上部が最も幅広く，基部はくさび形で，先はとがり，長さ7～22cm，幅4～7cm，縁に粗い鋸歯がある。若枝，葉柄，葉身には微細な柔毛がある。花は青紫色で美しく，枝の先または枝の上部葉腋（ようえき）に散房状集散花序をつくって多数開く。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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