Akagi (Akagi) - Bischofia javanica

Japanese: アカギ(赤木) - アカギ（英語表記）Bischofia javanica

A large tree of the Euphorbiaceae family native to tropical Asia. It reaches a height of 20-25m. The leaves are alternate, compound, with long stalks and 3 leaflets. Each leaflet is 8-15cm long, ovate-elliptical, and has finely toothed edges. In spring, racemes or panicles appear in the leaf axils, bearing numerous greenish-yellow flowers. Dioecious. Female plants produce large amounts of fruit that are oblate, 1-1.5cm in diameter, brown when ripe, and contain 3-4 seeds. It is cultivated for timber in the Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands, and although it has escaped, it has become extremely wild, especially in Ogasawara.

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Japanese:

トウダイグサ科の大型高木で，アジア熱帯原産。高さ 20～25mに達する。葉は互生し，長い柄があって3小葉をもつ複葉。各小葉は長さ8～15cmの卵状楕円形で縁に細かい鋸歯が目立つ。春，葉腋から総状または円錐状の花序を出し，多数の緑黄色の小花をつける。雌雄異株。雌株は大量の果実を生じ，果実は扁球形で径1～1.5cm，褐色に熟し，中に3～4個の種子がある。琉球列島や小笠原諸島で材用に栽培され，特に小笠原では逸出したものの野生化がはなはだしい。

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