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Japanese red elder
Sambucus sieboldiana
Sambucus sieboldiana, commonly called the Japanese red elder, is a deciduous shrub in thel family Viburnaceae. It is native to East Asia, where it is found in Japan and Korea. Its natural habitat is in thickets and forest edges, in low elevations. It is a common species throughout its range.
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Description
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing up to a height of 4 metres (13 ft) tall. Its leaves are opposite and pinnately compound, with 5-7 toothed leaflets. It produces a panicle of small white flowers in late spring, which are insect pollinated and hermaphroditic. Its fruits are ~4 mm long, red, and round. They are dispersed by birds.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 452431.