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Callicarpa japonica

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Thunberg

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Guizhou
• Hebei
• W. Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Liaoning
• Shandong
• E. Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Zhejiang - China
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• woodland
• forest
• coastal
• scrubland
• montane forests

Flowering Times

• May-Aug
• Oct (Japan) Jun-Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Jul
• Oct-Nov (Japan) Jul-Ocy (China)

Scandent or erect shrub, subshrub or tree to 4m. Leathery leaves to 180mm x 80mm, glabrous above with a serrulate margin. Cymes to 20mm wide, fragrant flowers, whitish or lilac corol to 3mm. Purple to deep violet globose fruit to 2.5mm diameter.

Young leaves edible

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew