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Cleyera is a plant genus consisting of 21 species [1] of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native to Mexico and Central America, and one from Eastern Asia. In the APG III system it is placed in the family Pentaphylacaceae .
Cleyera japonica (sakaki) is a flowering evergreen tree native to warm areas of Japan, Taiwan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and northern India (Min and Bartholomew 2015). It can reach a height of 10 m. It can reach a height of 10 m.
Ternstroemia gymnanthera [1] [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Pentaphylacaceae which grows on elevations of 200–2,800 metres (660–9,190 ft) in Japan, China and on elevation of 1,200–1,500 metres (3,900–4,900 ft) in Himalayas. The plant is 3.5 metres (11 ft) tall and blooms from June to July.
T. gymnanthera is an Asian species cultivated as an ornamental plant. [3] [4] T. pringlei is one of the most widely used medicinal plants in Mexico. [5] The genus was named in honour of Christopher Tärnström. There are about 90 species in the genus. [2] Species include: [6] [7] Ternstroemia bullata Proctor; Ternstroemia calycina Fawc. & Rendle
Myrica cerifera is a small evergreen tree or large shrub native to North and Central America and the Caribbean. Its common names include southern wax myrtle, southern bayberry, candleberry, bayberry tree, and tallow shrub. It has uses in the garden and for candlemaking, as well as a medicinal plant.
Illicium anisatum, with common names Japanese star anise, [1] Aniseed tree, [1] and sacred Anise tree, [1] known in Japanese as shikimi (樒, シキミ), is an evergreen shrub or small tree closely related to the Chinese star anise (Illicium verum).
Sphagneticola trilobata, commonly known as the Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye, [3] merigold Singapore daisy, creeping-oxeye, trailing daisy, and wedelia, [4] [5] is a plant in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, but now grows throughout the Neotropics.
Ericameria nauseosa (formerly Chrysothamnus nauseosus), commonly known as chamisa, rubber rabbitbrush, and gray rabbitbrush, is a shrub in the sunflower family (Aster) found in the arid regions of western North America. Two subspecies have been described, consimilis (the green form with 8 varieties) and nauseosa (the gray form with 14 varieties ...