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Neoshirakia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Esser  
Family: Euphorbiaceae
[Excoecaria japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) M?l.Arg., moreSapium atrobadiomaculatum F.P.Metcalf, Sapium japonicum (Siebold & Zucc.) Pax & Hoffm., Sapium japonicum var. ryukyuensis Masam., Shirakia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Hurus., Shirakia japonica f. macrophylla Hurus., Shirakia japonica var. ryukyuensis Masam., Stillingia japonica Siebold & Zucc., Triadica japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Baill., Triadica japonica f. macrophylla Hurus.]
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Japan Flora: Glabrous small tree with pale grayish branches; leaves broadly ovate, 7-15 cm. long, 5-10 cm, wide, abruptly acuminate to acute, rounded and with a pair of glands at base, vivid to deep green, entire, glaucous beneath, the petioles 2-3 cm. long, the stipules lanceolate, scarious, deciduous, 7-12 mm. long; racemes short-pedunculate, 5-10 cm. long; staminate flowers numerous, short-pedicellate; pistillate flowers on the lower part o£ the spikes or racemes, the pedicels 1-2 cm. long, the calyx membranous, 3-partcd, about 3 mm. long; capsules de­pressed-globose, about 8 mm. across, yellow with brown blotches. May-July. Thin woods in lowlands and moun­tains

Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; rather common. China, Korea, and Ryukyus.

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