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Pourthiaea villosa (Oriental photinia)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Photinia villosa is a species in the family Rosaceae of flowering plants, with common name Christmas berry. It is a shrub or small tree up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall, native to China, Japan, and Korea.
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Infraspecies

Pourthiaea villosa var. chingshuiensis (Attributes)
Pourthiaea villosa var. sinica
Pourthiaea villosa var. villosa

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [2]  The flowers have a hawthorn-like scent;
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  The wood is hard and heavy, suitable for making furniture and other small articles;
Height [2]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Width [2]  16.4 feet (5 m)
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Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0