Fragrant snowbell
Styrax obassia · Styracaceae · 쪽동백나무
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are alternate, elliptic or egg-shaped to round with an abruptly pointed tip, 7 to 20 cm long. There are fine teeth on the upper part, the underside is whitish with star-shaped hairs, and the leaf stalk is 5 to 20 (30) mm.
- Flowers
- In May to June white flowers hang in racemes 10 to 20 cm long; the corolla is 2 cm across, deeply divided into five lobes.
- Fruit
- The fruit is an elliptic drupe 2 cm long, densely covered with star-shaped hairs; the skin splits irregularly and it matures in September.
- Bark
- The bark is black, undulating and smooth.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Found in China, Japan and the Korean Peninsula (nationwide except Hamgyeongnam-do and Jeolla-do).
- Ecology
- Grows well in slightly moist, well-drained, deep, fertile sandy loam. Very cold hardy, it overwinters throughout the country, tolerates seashores, and strongly tolerates shade and pollution.