Flowers with leaves
At Oyama Shrine
A young individual at a shrine in Japan
A mature individual
| Distylium racemosum | |
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| Flowers lack petals but have red calyces and maroon stamens. [1] | |
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| Botanical illustration | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Genus: | Distylium |
| Species: | D. racemosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Distylium racemosum | |
| Synonyms [3] | |
Distylium racemosum f. angustifolium(Masam.) H.Ohba | |
Distylium racemosum, the isu tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hamamelidaceae. [1] It is native to subtropical eastern Asia; central and southern Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, South Korea (Jeju Island), southeastern China, Taiwan, Hainan, and northern Vietnam. [3] There are a number of cultivars, including 'Guppy' and the variegated 'Akebono'. [4] [5]
