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Japanese Garden Plants
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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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