White clove (White clove) - White clove

Japanese: ハクチョウゲ(白丁花) - ハクチョウゲ

An evergreen shrub of the Rubiaceae family native to China. It is planted as a garden tree, and although it loses its leaves in cold regions, it is resistant to pruning, so it is used as a hedge or to border flower beds. It has narrow, elliptical leaves about 2 cm long, arranged in opposite pairs. Some varieties have leaves with marginal mottling. The flowers appear in the leaf axils in June and July, and are funnel-shaped, about 1 cm long, with five lobes at the end, and are white or pale purple. There are also double-flowered and double-flowered varieties. A similar species, Danchouge, has closely spaced internodes and densely packed leaves less than 1 cm long. Both are propagated by cuttings.
→ Related article Shichoge (purple flower)

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Japanese:

中国原産のアカネ科の常緑小低木。庭木として植栽され，寒地では落葉するが刈込みに強いので，生垣や花壇の縁植えに用いられる。長さ2cmほどの狭楕円形の葉を対生。葉に覆輪の斑(ふ)の入るものもある。花は６〜７月に葉腋につき，先の５裂した長さ1cm前後の漏斗(ろうと)状で，白または淡紫色。二重咲，八重咲の品種もある。類品のダンチョウゲは節間がつまり，長さ1cm以下の葉を密につける。ともにさし木でふやす。
→関連項目シチョウゲ（紫丁花）

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