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Eurya japonica
	Flowering branch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Pentaphylacaceae
Genus:	Eurya
Species:	E. japonica
Binomial name
	Eurya japonica; Thunb.
Synonyms
	Eurya latifolia hort. ex K.Koch

Eurya japonica, known as East Asian eurya,^[1] is a 1–3.5 m tall shrub in the Pentaphylacaceae family found in eastern China, Korea, and Japan.^[2] It is used as an ornamental plant.^[3] In shinto it is a sacred tree, whose leaves are used as sacrificial offerings. ^[4]

References

^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 466. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
^ Tianlu Min & Bruce Bartholomew. "Eurya japonica". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
^ Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
^ Irmtraud Schaarschmidt-Richter. Japanische Gartenkunst.

External links

Media related to Eurya japonica at Wikimedia Commons
UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research: Eurya japonica
Images :Flavon's Wild herb and Alpine plants

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[1] English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 466. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.

[FoC-2] Tianlu Min & Bruce Bartholomew. "Eurya japonica". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

[3] Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

[4] Irmtraud Schaarschmidt-Richter. Japanische Gartenkunst.

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