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Callicarpa japonica (Japanese callicarpa)

Synonyms: Amictonis japonica (homotypic); Callicarpa mimuraskai

Wikipedia Abstract

Japanese Beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica) is a tree with purple berry fruits. The flowers can range from pink to white. This species is native to China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, and Taiwan. It is cultivated as an ornamental tree, and it is very popular in gardens and parks. The berries are not edible for humans, but provide food for birds and deer. The leaves can be used to make herbal tea.
View Wikipedia Record: Callicarpa japonica

Infraspecies

Callicarpa japonica japonica
Callicarpa japonica luxurians
Callicarpa japonica var. japonica
Callicarpa japonica var. luxurians

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub
Height [1]  6.56 feet (2 m)
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Predators

Andaspis micropori[3]
Caloptilia callicarpae[4]
Lepus brachyurus lyoni (Japanese hare)[5]
Macaca fuscata yakui (Yaku Macaque)[6]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Episyrphus balteatus (Marmelade Fly)[7]
Hylaeus insularum[7]
Onomaus lautus[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 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
♦ 5Food and habitat selection of Lepus brachyurus lyoni Kishida, a near-threatened species on Sado Island, Japan, Shimizu, Rie; Shimano, Koji, MAMMAL STUDY. 35(3):169-177 (2010)
♦ 6Feeding Behavior and Diet of the Japanese Monkey (Macaca fuscata yakui) on Yakushima Island, Japan; Tamaki Maruhashi; Primates, 21(2): 141-160, April 1980
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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