Callicarpa

...A deciduous shrub of the Verbenaceae family that grows in mountainous areas (illustration). The Japanese name is likely a glorification of the beautiful fruit, borrowing from the name of the talented woman Murasaki Shikibu. The trunk is 1.5-3m tall, the twigs are round and grow obliquely upward, and when young, they have powdery, stellate hairs. The leaves are opposite, oblong, serrated, wedge-shaped at the base, and have short petioles. The flowers are pale purple, about 5mm in diameter, and grow in cymes with stalks from the leaf axils in June-July. The corolla is bell-shaped with four lobes at the tip, and four stamens and one style protrude from it. The fruits are spherical and turn a beautiful purple color in autumn, and are eaten by birds to disperse the seeds. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…山地に生えるクマツヅラ科の落葉低木（イラスト）。和名は美しい果実を才媛，紫式部の名を借りて美化したものだろう。幹は高さ1.5～3m，小枝は円くて斜上し，若いときは粉状の星状毛がある。葉は対生し，長楕円形で鋸歯があり，基部はくさび形で短い葉柄がある。花は淡紫色で，6～7月ころ，葉腋（ようえき）から出る柄のある集散花序につき，径約5mm。花冠は鐘形で先は4裂し，4本のおしべと1本の花柱がつき出ている。果実は球形で秋に美しい紫色となり，鳥に食べられて種子を散布する。…

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