East Asian beautyberry
Callicarpa japonica · Lamiaceae · 작살나무
Look
- Leaves
- Obovate to long elliptic with a long-pointed tip, 3 to 12 x 2.5 to 5 cm, with glands on both sides, dense star-shaped hairs beneath and sharp teeth on the margin.
- Flowers
- In August pale purple flowers bloom in cymes (1.5 to 3 cm wide) in the leaf axils; the corolla tube is 2 to 2.5 mm long, with 4 stamens and 1 pistil.
- Fruit
- Round fruits 4 to 5 mm across ripen purple in October and shine like beads; several are bunched together and stay on the axils for a long time.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Japan and China; in the Korean Peninsula it grows in Pyeongannam-do and south of Gangwon.
- Ecology
- Flowers and fruits well even in shade, but partial shade is best; it has strong tolerance of cold, dryness and pollution. It grows fast and sprouts vigorously.