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Japanese Garden Plants This is where to find details on plants. We don't have a lot of images, but we'll be providing articles and details as we are able. If you have materials to contribute or gaps to fill in, please let us know. Japanese Name English Name Latin Name Native Habitat akamatsu  Japanese red pine  Pinus densiflora    arakashi  Blue Japanese oak  Quercus glauca    bakuchi-no-ki  'Gambling Tree'  Prunus zippeliana  southern Japan  biwa  Loquat  Eriobotrya japonica  in a village by a stream  cha, cha-no-ki  Tea  Camellia sinensis (formerly Thea sinensis)  sub-tropical China and Himalayas  gyomatsu  Japanese white pine  Pinus pentyphylla    hiirage  Holly osmanthus  Osmanthus ilicifolius    hinoki  Hinoki cypress, white cedar  Chamaecyparis obtusa  deep mountains  ichii (also onko, araragi)  Japanese Yew  Taxus cuspidata    icho; ichô  Ginkgo/Maidenhair Tree  Ginkgo biloba    inugaya (also aburagaya)  Japanese Plum-Yew  Cephalotaxus harringtonia    isu no ki  Isu tree  Dystylium racemosum or Distylium racemosum    kaido  Crabapple  Malus sp.    kaki  Japanese Persimmon  Diospyros kaki    kakuremino    Dendropanax trifidus    karatachi, kikoku  Japanese Bitter Orange/ Trifoliate Orange  Poncirus trifoliata    kashiwagi    Quercus dentata  deep mountains  katsura  Katsura tree  Cercidiphyllum japonicum    kaya  Japanese Torreya  Torreya nucifera    keyaki  zelkova  Zelkova serrata    kiri  Royal Paulownia  Paulownia tomentosa  deep mountains of Honshu and Kyushu  kobushi  Kobus Magnolia  Magnolia kobus  Japan  konara  konara  Quercus serrata    kunugi  sawtooth oak  Quercus acutissima    kuri  Chestnut  Castanea crenata  in a village, along a stream valley  kuroganemochi    Ilex rotunda    kuromatsu  Japanese black pine  Pinus thunbergii    kusu no ki, nioi no ki  Camphor Tree  Cinnamomum camphora  deep mountains  maki (also inu-maki, kusa-maki, rakan-maki)  Yew Podocarpus, Longleaf Podocarpus  Podocarpus macrophyllus  deep mountains  matsu  Pine  Pinus spp.  almost any dry habitat  mayumi  euonymus  Euonymus sieboldianus  in hills or along steam beds  mikan (also unshu, koshi)  tangerine  Citrus unshiu  in a village alongside a stream  mochi no ki    Ilex integra    mokusei, ginmokusei  Sweet osmanthus  Osmanthus fragrans    momi  Japanese Fir  Abies firma  mountain side  momiji (also kaede, keikanboku)  Japanese Maple  Acer palmatum  deep mountains; village  momo  Peach  Prunus persica  village  nagi  Nagi Podocarpus  Podocarpus nagi  deep mountains  nashi  Asian pear  Pyrus culta spp.  hills, fields, stream valley, or village sites  nioi no ki, nikkei  Cinnamon tree  Cinnamomum sieboldii  deep mountains  sakaki, eurya  Sakaki  Cleryera japonica, Sakakia ochnacea, Eurya ochnacea    sakura  Flowering Cherry  Prunus spp.  alpine sites, forested hills  sarusuberi  Crepe myrtle  Lagerstroemia indica    sawara  Sawara cypress  Chamaecyparis pisifera    shii-no-ki, sudajii  Japanese Chinquapin  Castonopsis cuspidata  deep mountains, central and southern Japan  shikimi  Japanese anise tree  Illicium religiosum    sotetsu  Japanese sago palm  Cycas revoluta  southern Japan only  sugi, awasugi  Cryptomeria, cedar  Cryptomeria japonica  deep mountains  tachibana  mandarin orange  Citrus tachibana  in a village alongside a stream  tarayo  Lusterleaf holly  Ilex latifolia    tôhi, nikkô-momi, tohi, nikko-momi  Hondo Spruce  Picea jezoensis var. hondoensis    tsuge, hon-tsuge  Box, Box Tree, Boxwood  Buxus macrophylla, Buxus microphylla, Buxus sempervirens    ubamegashi    Quercus phillyraeoides    ume, mume  Japanese plum  Prunus mume (Sieb.)  China, Korea, Taiwan; mountains, village or valley  yamazakura  mountain cherry  Prunus denarium var. spontanea    yamazakura  wild cherry  Prunus jamasakura  deep mountains  yanagi  Willow  Salix , spp., esp. babylonica  marsh, river, pond/lake shore  yuzu  Yuzu  Citrus junos  in a village alongside a stream  yuzuriha  Daphniphyllum; Yuzuriha  Daphniphyllum macropodum  deep mountains  zakuro  pomegranate  Punica granatum  in a village near stream valley

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