Bodhi-vrksa (English spelling) Bodhivrksa

...A deciduous tall tree of the Tilia family (illustration) that is often planted in temples and other places. It is distributed from mainland China to the Korean peninsula, and is said to have been brought to Japan in the 12th century by Eisai, who introduced Zen Buddhism from Mount Tiantai. It grows to a height of about 10m and has gray-white bark. The leaves are circular-cordate, and the young branches and petioles are densely covered with stellate hairs, and the undersides of the leaves are also densely covered with fine stellate hairs. It flowers in early summer. The fruits are used to make prayer beads. There are about 30 species of linden trees in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere, which are related to the linden tree, and they are important roadside and park trees in Europe, and the fiber of the bark is widely used. ...

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…寺院などに多く植栽されるシナノキ科の落葉高木（イラスト）。中国大陸から朝鮮半島に分布し，日本には天台山のものを禅宗を伝えた栄西が12世紀にもたらしたといわれている。高さ10mあまりになり，樹皮は灰白色。葉は円心形で，若枝や葉柄には星状毛を密生し，葉裏にも細星状毛を密生する。花は初夏に咲く。果実は念珠を作るのに用いられる。ボダイジュの仲間のシナノキは，北半球温帯域に約30種あり，ヨーロッパでは重要な街路樹，公園樹となっているし，樹皮の繊維が広く利用されている。…

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