Whole-leaf Indian Hawthorn
Rhaphiolepis indica var. umbellata · Rosaceae · 다정큼나무
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves look clustered at the twig tips, are rounded with blunt tips, 3 to 10 cm long, with no teeth or a few slight ones on the margin. The underside is whitish light green with distinct net veins.
- Flowers
- In May to June, white flowers open in terminal panicles; there are five petals 10 to 13 mm long, and the calyx tube is densely covered with brown hairs.
- Fruit
- Round, glossy fruit 7 to 10 mm across ripens black in autumn and holds 1 to 2 seeds.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Southern Korea.
Sources
- 산림청·국립수목원 『한국의 가로수』(2012)
- 국가생물종지식정보시스템(국립수목원)
- 한국민족문화대백과사전 '다정큼나무'
- Sameshima, Kondo, Watanabe 'Dyeing properties of Rhaphiolepis umbellata Makino related to Oshima Tsumugi (I)', Science Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 30(1/2), 1975
- 가고시마현립박물관 식물 관찰 해설집(PDF) '108 シャリンバイ（ばら科）'
- 국가유산청 국가유산 검색 오픈API 상세 '울주 목도 상록수림'