Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 356

Genus ja: ヒイラギナンテン

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# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 10 (from names table)

Accepted: Synonym (= Berberis)

Family: Berberidaceae

Family ja: メギ

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Distribution en: Himalaya to Japan, N. & C.America

Description en: Genus of about 70 species of evergreen shrubs occurring in rocky places and woodland in the Himalayas, E. Asia, and North and Central America. They are grown for their handsome foliage, fragrant flowers, decorative fruits, and, in tall species and cultivars, for their deeply fissured bark. The alternate, pinnate or occasionally 3-palmate, usually spiny-margined leaves are light grey-green to dark green, and sometimes purplish red or orange-red when young. Racemes or panicles (see panel below) of cup-shaped, usually yellow flowers, 0.8-1.5cm (3/8-1/2in) across, are followed by spherical or ovoid, mainly purple to black berries. Mahonias are useful for a variety of situations: use low-growing species and cultivars as ground coyer, and taller ones as specimens in a shrub border or woodland garden.

Hardiness en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

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Propagation en: Sow seed outdoors in a seedbed or containers, in autumn or as soon as ripe. Stratified seeds germinate freely. Root semi-ripe or leaf-bud cuttings from late summer to autumn.

Pests en: Rust and mildew may attack M. aquifolium.

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