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Aucuba japonica - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; Bom Jesus, Braga, Portugal; 2/2008 © Jörn Germer

Aucuba japonica - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Mirandela, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Aucuba japonica - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Bom Jesus, Braga, Portugal; 2/2008 © Jörn Germer

Aucuba japonica - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Bom Jesus, Braga, Portugal; 2/2008 © Jörn Germer

Aucuba japonica - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Mirandela, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 915
Date of entry: 02.09.2008
Last update: 20.01.2020

Common name

English: Japanese laurel

German: Japanische Aukube

Mandarin: 青木 (qing mu)

Portuguese: Loureiro-do-Japão

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Garryales (1)

        Family: Garryaceae (1)(family description)

          Genus: Aucuba (1)

            Epithet: japonica Thunb. (6)

Synonym: Aucuba vivicans W.Bull

japonica => from Japan

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: purple

External links

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