Title Primroses

  • Kagoshima
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FY Prepared:
2022
Associated Tourism Board:
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Ryukyu marlberry / Ardisia quinquegona / Shishiakuchi / シシアクチ

常緑樹林の端等に花を咲かせる低木で、多くの日本の南の島で見られる。幹の直径が5cmに達することはほとんどないが、4メートルの高さにも育つこともある。春には、集散状の白やピンクの繊細な花が垂れ下がるように咲く。食べられる小さい丸い実は、上下が若干平たく、熟すと濃い紫になり、甘みと苦みが混ざった味である。


Great Ming marlberry / Myrsine seguinii / Taimin-tachibana / タイミンタチバナ

北は千葉県から南はベトナムにまで広く分泌している常緑低木は、スダジイの木が生い茂る奄美大島でも多く見られる。幹は青みがかった灰色や茶色っぽい灰色で、紫色を帯びている。長楕円形で先端が尖っている葉は、濃い緑の表面は革質である。春に咲く集散状の小さな花は、中は薄い黄色で外側が紫。実は丸く、5mmほどの直径で、12月ごろに熟すと黒紫色になる。

Primroses


Ryukyu marlberry / Ardisia quinquegona / Shishiakuchi / シシアクチ

This flowering evergreen shrub is found at the edges of mountain forests on many southern Japanese islands. It grows up to 4 meters high on occasion, though its trunk rarely reaches 5 centimeters in diameter. The flowers, which bloom in spring, are delicate, drooping down in clusters of white or pink. The round fruit is small and slightly flattened at the top and bottom. It is dark purple when ripe, and edible, with a mixture of sweet and bitter flavors.


Great Ming marlberry / Myrsine seguinii / Taimin-tachibana / タイミンタチバナ

This is a small evergreen tree that grows as far north as Chiba Prefecture in central Japan and as far south as Vietnam. It is often found in forests where there are many chinquapin oaks, like those of Amami-Oshima. The trunk is gray blue to gray brown with a purple tinge. The leaves are oblong with pointed tips, and the dark-green upper surface is leathery. The small flowers that appear in spring are pale yellow inside, purple on the outside, and grow in clusters. The fruit is round, about 5 millimeters in diameter, and ripens to a blackish purple by December.

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