Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Genus ja: ザイフリボク

Genus en: Juneberry, Shadbush, Snowy Mespilus

# spp.: 24 (from genus_families table) | 9 (from names table)

Pub year: 1789

Accepted: Accepted

Family: Rosaceae

Family ja: バラ

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

Distribution en: N. America, Europe to Medit. and Caucasus, Central Asia, Central & E. China to Japan

Description en: Genus of about 25 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, often suckering, mostly from moist woodland and streambanks in Europe, Asia, and North America. Amelanchiers are cultivated for their racemes of 5-petalled, star-shaped, flat to very shallowly saucer-shaped, usually white or pink-flushed flowers, 1-2cm (1/2-3/4in) across, borne from spring to early summer, and for their fine autumn colour and fruit. The alternate, ovate to oblong leaves are often bronze when young, and open with the flowers. Grow in a shrub border or as specimen plants. The spherical or pear-shaped, purple to maroon fruits, attractive to birds, ripen in summer and are edible when cooked.

Hardiness en: Fully hardy.

Cultivation en:

Propagation en: Sow seed in a seedbed as soon as ripe; the species hybridize freely. Root greenwood or semi-ripe cuttings in summer. Remove suckers of stoloniferous species in winter.

Pests en: Susceptible to fireblight.

Description ja:

Comment: N.temperate

Comment ja: ザイフリボク，ジューンベリー(Juneberry，アメリカザイフリボク)

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