Rose of Sharon - Rose of Sharon

Japanese: ムクゲ(木槿) - ムクゲ

Also known as bee-shrub. A deciduous shrub of the Malvaceae family native to East Asia. It is cultivated as a garden tree or hedge. It grows upright and branches well, with grayish-white bark and ovate leaves that are often divided into three parts and have irregular blunt sawtooth edges. The flowers that grow in the leaf axils from August to September have five petals, are 5 to 6 cm in diameter, and wilt within a day. Flowers come in white, crimson purple, and red at the bottom (Soutan), and there are many horticultural varieties with double flowers. Dried buds of the white-flowered variety are used as the Chinese herbal medicine Mokukinka, which is used to treat gastroenteritis. It grows well by cuttings.
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Japanese:

ハチスとも。東アジア原産のアオイ科の落葉低木。庭木や生垣として栽植される。直立してよく分枝し，木はだは灰白色，葉は卵形で多くは３裂し，不整な鈍鋸歯(きょし)がある。８〜９月，葉腋につく花は５弁，径５〜6cmで１日でしぼむ。花色は白，紅紫，底紅（宗旦），また八重咲など園芸品種も多い。白花系統の蕾を乾燥したものが漢方の木槿花(もくきんか)で，胃腸炎などに用いられる。さし木でよくつく。
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