Iwananten (Leucothoe keiskei) - Iwananten (English spelling)

Japanese: イワナンテン(岩南天) - イワナンテン（英語表記）Leucothoe keiskei

An evergreen shrub of the Ericaceae family. Also known as Iwatsubaki. It is found in the mountains of the Kanto, Tokai and Kinki regions. It grows 30-150cm tall, hanging down from cliffs. The leaves are alternate, long ovate, 5-8cm long, acutely pointed, with serrated edges, thick, hairless and glossy. In June and July, short racemes appear in the leaf axils, with several drooping white tubular flowers. The corolla is 1.5-2cm long, has 5 shallow lobes on the edge and 10 stamens. The fruit is an oblate capsule that grows upward at the end of the stalk. The Japanese name comes from the fact that it grows on rocky areas and the shape of its leaves resembles that of Nandina (Nandina).

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Japanese:

ツツジ科の常緑低木。別名イワツバキ。関東，東海，近畿地方の山地に分布する。高さ 30～150cmで，崖に垂れて生える。葉は互生し長卵形，長さ5～8cmで鋭尖頭，縁に鋸歯があり，質は厚く無毛で，光沢がある。6～7月，葉腋に短い総状花序を出し，白色筒形の花を数個下垂する。花冠は長さ 1.5～2cmで縁は5浅裂し，おしべは 10本。果実は扁球形の蒴果で，果柄の先に上向きにつく。和名は岩場に生え，葉の形状がナンテン (南天)に似ることによる。

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