Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Sorbus L. [303]

genus_ja: ナナカマド

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# spp.: 104

pub_year: 1753

accepted: Accepted (conserved name)

Family: Rosaceae

family_ja: バラ

Infra familial classification: Subfamily Amygdaloideae: Tribe Maleae: Subtribe Malinae

distribution_en: Temp. Northern Hemisphere

description_en: Genus of about 100 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, widely distributed in N. temperate regions, found in woodland, on hills and mountains, and on scree. Sorbus species and cultivars are valued for their ornamental leaves, which are alternate, variable, and either simple and toothed to lobed, or pinnate; they often colour well in autumn. They are also grown for their terminal, sometimes panicle-like corymbs of small, white, rarely pink flowers, 0.8-2cm (3/8-3/4in) across, borne in spring or early summer, and for their mostly spherical, white, yellow, orange, red, or brown fruits (berries). Tolerant of atmospheric pollution, they are ideal as specimen trees in a small garden, or wild or woodland garden. The raw fruit may cause mild stomach upset if ingested.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

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propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn. Take greenwood cuttings in early summer; not all will root readily. Bud in summer. Graft in winter.

pests_en: Prone to aphids, blister beetles, red spider mites, scale insects, sawfly larvae, canker, silver leaf, honey fungus, and fireblight.

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comment: N.hemisphere

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2024-01-19 06:51 by hkokubun@mac.com

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