Chloranthus spicatus - Chloranthus spicatus

Japanese: チャラン(茶蘭) - チャラン(英語表記)Chloranthus spicatus
Chloranthus spicatus - Chloranthus spicatus
An evergreen small shrub of the Xanthaceae family. Native to the Ryukyu Islands, southern China, and the Malay Peninsula, it was introduced to Japan during the Edo period. The stems are green and somewhat soft, with swollen nodes. The leaves are somewhat similar to those of tea, elliptical with wavy sawtooth, thick, dark green, glossy, and opposite. In early summer, the stem apex branches into 2-3 branches, forming a cone-shaped compound spike that produces many small yellow flowers. The flowers are unpertial but fragrant. It is cultivated for ornamental purposes. The Japanese name comes from the resemblance of the leaves to tea.

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Japanese:
センリョウ科の常緑の小低木。南西諸島から中国南部,マレー半島などの原産で,江戸時代に日本に伝えられた。茎は緑色でやや軟らかく,ふくれた節をもつ。葉はややチャに似て楕円形で波状の鋸歯をもち,葉質は厚く暗緑色で光沢があり,対生する。初夏に,茎頂で2~3分枝し,円錐状の複穂状花序をなして黄色の小花を多数つける。花は無花被であるが香りがよい。観賞用として栽培される。和名は葉がチャに似ていることによる。

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