Tupelo (English spelling)

Japanese: ヌマミズキ（英語表記）tupelo

A deciduous tree of the Botryllaceae family found widely in eastern and southeastern North America, it grows in wetlands and can reach a height of 30-40 m and a diameter of 1-2 m. The leaves are alternate, with the blades 5-12 cm long, obovate to elliptical, entire but occasionally irregularly coarsely serrated. Petioles 0.6-3.5 cm long. The flowers are small, greenish-white, with many male flowers clustered together in a head and two to several female flowers clustered together. The calyx is bell-shaped with five lobes at the end, with five petals and 5-12 stamens. The fruit is an 8-12 mm long egg-shaped drupe that ripens blue-black.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

北アメリカの東部～南東部に広く分布するヌマミズキ科の落葉高木で，湿地に生育し，高さ30～40m，直径1～2mになる。葉は互生し，葉身は長さ5～12cmの倒卵形～楕円形，全縁であるがまれに不規則な粗鋸歯をもつ。葉柄0.6～3.5cm。花は帯緑白色の小花で，雄花は多数が頭状に集まり，雌花は2～数花が叢生（そうせい）する。萼は鐘状で先が5裂し，花弁5枚，おしべ5～12本。果実は長さ8～12mmの卵形の石果で青黒色に熟する。

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