Debregeasia orientalis, common name yanagi ichigo, is a large shrub belonging to the family Urticaceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Debregeasia |
| Species: | D. orientalis
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| Debregeasia orientalis C. J. Chen
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Description
editDebregeasia orientalis can reach a height of 1–4 metres (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in). Branchlets are dark reddish and slender. Leaves are dark green, alternate, oblong- to linear-lanceolate, with dark reddish petioles. Inflorescences show many globose glomerules, 3–5 mm in diameter. The fruits are edible and can be used to make wine.[1]
Distribution
editThis species is native to Bhutan, north-eastern India, Nepal, China, Taiwan and Japan. It prefers shaded, wet places in mountain valleys, at an elevation of 300–2,800 metres (980–9,190 ft) above sea level.[2]
Gallery
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Shrub of Debregeasia orientalis -
Fruits of Debregeasia orientalis -
Growing often at the water's edge, in Lijiang of Yunnan province, China. -
The color of the back of the leaf, in Lijiang of Yunnan province, China.
References
edit- ^ Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994 Flora of China
- ^ "GRIN Germplasm Resources Information Network". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- Chen, C.-C. 1991. A new species of Debregeasia (Urticaceae-Boehmerieae) from Asia and a new record of D. wallichiana for China. Novon 1:56–57.
- Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993 –. Flora of Japan.
External links
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