Eurya_japonica

<i>Eurya japonica</i>

Eurya japonica

Species of flowering plant

Eurya japonica, known as East Asian eurya,[1] is a 1–3.5 m tall shrub in the Pentaphylacaceae family found in eastern China, Korea, and Japan.[2] It is used as an ornamental plant.[3] In shinto it is a sacred tree, whose leaves are used as sacrificial offerings. [4]

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References

  1. [1]
    English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 466. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
  2. [2]
    Tianlu Min & Bruce Bartholomew. "Eurya japonica". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. [3]
    Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
  4. [4]
    Irmtraud Schaarschmidt-Richter. Japanische Gartenkunst.


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