23: Female flowers of Eurya japonica Thunbis (2012 season)

Female flowers of Eurya japonica Thunbis (2012 season)
ヒサカキ(姫榊)の花が満開です。(開花は３月下旬)
雄花・雌花・両性花があり、雌雄異株や
両全個体にも色々パターンがあるそうですが、
ウチのは全て雌花、雌株です。
ご近所に雄株があるので毎年結実します。
tags: flowers 花

8 comments so far...

Dan-Tuyet Tham April 05, 2012, 01:21 AM

Another interesting flower :-)

Martina Weber plus April 05, 2012, 09:37 PM

so lovely, what is it?

Martina Weber plus April 05, 2012, 09:38 PM

is there any fruit later ?

juria April 06, 2012, 12:40 AM

Dan-Tuyet :)
Thanks. This plant is very common in Japan :)

juria April 06, 2012, 12:41 AM

Martina :)
Thanks !

Eurya japonica Thunbis is an evergreen shrub in the Theaceae family.
Usually they are dioecious, in rare cases there are monoecious ones.

This tree that I took in my garden is female tree.
But, there is a male tree in the garden in my neighborhood.
So they can have fruits in every autumn, though not eatable.

There are some pic that I took (by mobile phone camera).
Please see the links below.
male flowers : http://www.23hq.com/juria/photo/6600605
fruits : http://www.23hq.com/juria/photo/6124104