Hanagasanoki - Hanagasanoki

Japanese: ハナガサノキ - はながさのき

An evergreen shrub of the Rubiaceae family, often growing as a vine. In Indonesia, a yellow dye is extracted from the roots. The branches are well-branched and hairless, turning black when dry. The leaves are opposite, elliptical, and 6-12 cm long. The flowers are gathered at the ends of short branches, with the ovaries fused together to form a mass, and the corolla is tubular funnel-shaped, beautiful, white. The name comes from the fact that the flower resembles a parasol. The inferior ovary is one-lobed, consisting of two carpels, and contains four drooping ovules. The entire inflorescence is a single mass, 1 cm in diameter, and ripens red.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アカネ科の常緑性低木で，しばしばつる状となる。インドネシアでは根から黄色染料をとる。枝はよく分枝し，無毛，乾くと全体が黒くなる。葉は対生し楕円形，長さ6～12cm。花は短い枝の先に集まり，子房が合着して塊状となり，花冠は筒状漏斗形，白くて美しい。名前は花の咲いたようすを花傘にみたてたもの。子房は下位，2心皮からなるが1室で，下垂する四つの胚珠がある。液果は果序全体がひと塊となり，直径1cm，赤く熟す。

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