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Atago Forest and Green Protection Association

Atago Mountain Plants-Tree 7 (Ham)

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.
Sapindaceae. Deciduous tree of the genus Sapindaceae in the family Sapindaceae. Monoecious. It is native to the tropics and subtropics and is distributed south of central Honshu. Also known as Sekkennoki (derived from the application). The flowering season is from June to July, the inflorescences on the branches are 20 to 30 cm in length, and small white flowers gather in spikes and bloom. By the end of the flower, the area around the tree is covered with fallen petals. The fruit is spherical with a diameter of about 2 cm and has two small horns. In fact, it changes from green to yellow by the time the leaves turn yellow, and ripens and becomes ocher by the time the leaves fall.
The skin of ripe Sapindaceae and the thick juice contained saponin, which was used as soap and shampoo. There are hard, black seeds (drupes) of less than 15 mm in the fruit, and when the dried skin is shaken, it rings like a bell. Nuclear fruit is used as a wing of the rosary and feather with.

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