Terihaboku (Alexandrian laurel)

Japanese: テリハボク(照葉木) - テリハボク（英語表記）Alexandrian laurel

An evergreen tree of the Hypericaceae family found on tropical coasts. It can reach a height of 20 m and a diameter of 1 m, and is entirely hairless. The leaves are elliptical or obovate-elliptical, 9-18 cm long, with rounded tips, no sawtooth edges, and numerous transverse parallel veins. The axillary racemes are single and bear 7-13 flowers. The flowers are white, with 4 petals, 2-2.5 cm across, 4 sepals, and numerous stamens. The fruit is a globular drupe, 3-4 cm across. It is distributed in the Ogasawara Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, other tropical Asia, and Polynesia.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

熱帯の海岸に見られるオトギリソウ科の常緑高木。高さ20m，直径1mに達し，全体に毛がない。葉は楕円形ないし倒卵状楕円形，長さ9～18cm，先端は円く，ふちに鋸歯はなく，多数の横の平行脈がある。腋生（えきせい）の総状花序は単一で7～13個の花をつける。花は白色で，花弁は4枚，径2～2.5cm，萼片も4枚，おしべは多数。果実は球形の核果で径3～4cm。小笠原，琉球諸島，台湾，その他の熱帯アジア，ポリネシアに分布する。

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