Macropodous daphniphyllum
Daphniphyllum macropodum · Daphniphyllaceae · 굴거리나무
Look
- Leaves
- Simple alternate leaves clustered at the twig tips, long elliptic to oblanceolate, 13 to 15.5 x 3.9 to 5.4 cm, leathery with smooth margins. Glossy dark green above, powdery white beneath; the petiole is green to reddish green, 3 to 4.5 cm long.
- Flowers
- In May to June, unisexual flowers without petals bloom in racemes from the leaf axils of last year's twigs.
- Fruit
- The drupe is elliptic to ovate, ripening blackish purple in November to December, 8.8 to 11.5 x 6.9 to 9 mm, with one seed.
- Bark
- Smooth, gray-brown, with oval to round yellow-brown lenticels.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam and Korea (Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, Gyeongbuk, Jeju).
- Ecology
- A shade tree that grows well in fertile loam and sandy loam and dislikes dry places; slow-growing with weak sprouting.