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愛宕の森と緑を守る会
Atago Forest and Green Protection Association
Atago Mountain Plants-Tree 3 (Ki-ko)
This is a page of trees (flowers are displayed on a separate page for each season). Tree names are listed in order of Aiueo on this page. However, typical trees are displayed at the beginning of each page. Images of trees with flowers and fruits are also displayed on seasonal pages. Click on an image to see it in full view, or lay it down to enlarge it.
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Ilex rotunda. An evergreen tree of the genus Ilex in the family Aquifoliaceae. Dioecious. Also known as Fukurashiba. Old leaves fall when new shoots emerge around April. The leaves are dark green and have a glossy surface. The difference from Ilex is that the branches (and petioles) of Ilex are yellowish green, but Ilex rotunda is black-purple. This color was named after the iron color. The branches have blunt ridges. The bark is used for birdlime and dyes.
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Female plants (without male plants) bear bright red fruits of about 5 mm in autumn. It is popular as a garden tree because it becomes a color in winter.
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