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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Pentaphylacaceae |
| Genus: | Eurya |
| Species: | E. japonica
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References
edit- ^ 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
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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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