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Elaeocarpus decipiens, commonly known as Japanese blueberry tree, [2] is a species of flowering tree in the family Elaeocarpaceae.It has red, brown, and green leaves that are typically egg-shaped, 5-petaled flowers ranging in color from cream to light pink, and small drupe fruit.
The Japanese thuja was added to this protected group in 1718. [1] This protection did not prevent the forests from being ruined. [1] The punishment for cutting down a tree during the Edo period was decapitation. [2] [4] [3] Restrictions on cutting the trees were lifted in the Meiji period. In modern times, the trees remain carefully protected. [5]
Plants in the genus Elaeocarpus are mostly evergreen trees or shrubs, a few are epiphytes or lianes, and some are briefly deciduous.The leaves are arranged alternately, simple (strictly compound with only one leaflet) with a swelling where the petiole meets the lamina, often have toothed edges, usually have prominent veins and often turn red before falling.
Japanese maple bonsai trees like morning sun and afternoon shade, so they do best on the east side of a house. “You want them to get sun, but not during the heat of the day, the real intense sun ...
The tree produces spiky green fruits about the size of a golf ball, which turn brown and drop off the tree over an extended period beginning in fall and continuing over the winter.
Tomitaro Makino. Tomitaro Makino (牧野 富太郎, Makino Tomitarō, April 24, 1862 – January 18, 1957) was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work. He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany", [1] having been one of the first Japanese botanists to work extensively on classifying Japanese plants using the system developed by Linnaeus.
Son of Emperor Go-Fushimi; nephew and adopted son of Emperor Hanazono. From the Jimyōin line. Made the first emperor of the Northern Court by the Kamakura shogunate during the Genkō War. Deposed by Emperor Go-Daigo of the Daikakuji line. Captured by the Southern Court during the Kannō disturbance. [114] (2) Yutahito 豊仁: Emperor Kōmyō ...
The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub.