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|familia=Rosaceae
|familia=Rosaceae
|genus=Sorbus
|genus=Sorbus
|species=commixta
|species=commixta
|taxo_author=Hedl.
|common_name=Japanese rowan
|common_name=Japanese rowan
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=9
|max_zone=9
|image=Upload.png
|image=Sorbus commixta.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=200
|image_caption=Cultivated Specimen<br>[[Morton Arboretum]] acc. 28-94-3
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'''''Sorbus commixta''''' ('''Japanese Rowan''') is a species of [[rowan]] native to [[Japan]], the far east of [[Russia]] on [[Sakhalin]], and in [[Korea]] on the island of [[Ulleungdo]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?35013 ''Sorbus commixta''].</ref><ref name=ous>Okayama University of Science: [http://had0.big.ous.ac.jp/plantsdic/angiospermae/dicotyledoneae/choripetalae/rosaceae/nanakamado/nanakamado.htm ''Sorbus commixta''] (in Japanese; [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://had0.big.ous.ac.jp/plantsdic/angiospermae/dicotyledoneae/choripetalae/rosaceae/nanakamado/nanakamado.htm&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation])</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref>
It is a small to medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 7–10 m (rarely to 18 m) tall with a rounded crown and brownish to silvery-grey [[bark]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 20–30 cm long, [[leaf shape|pinnate]] with between 11-17 leaflets 4–7 cm long and 1–2.5 cm broad, with an acuminate apex and serrated margins; they change to a deep purple or red in autumn. The [[flower]]s are 6–10 mm diameter, with five white petals and 20 yellowish-white stamens; they are produced in [[corymb]]s 9–15 cm diameter in late spring to early summer. The [[fruit]] is a bright orange to red [[pome]] 7–8 mm diameter, maturing in autumn.<ref name=ous/><ref name=rushforth/><ref name=kp>Kanagawa Plants: [http://www.geocities.jp/greensv88/jumoku-zz-nanakamado.htm ''Sorbus commixta''] (in Japanese; [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.geocities.jp/greensv88/jumoku-zz-nanakamado.htm&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation])</ref>
Plants from [[Hokkaidō]], the [[Kuril Islands]] and [[Sakhalin]] are sometimes distinguished as ''Sorbus commixta'' var. ''sachalinensis'', with larger leaflets up to 9 cm long.<ref name=rushforth/>
Outside of its native range, it is grown as an [[ornamental tree]] in Europe and North America, hardy in [[hardiness zone|zones]] 5-9. It grows best in moist, well-drained soil, in full sun. A number of [[cultivar]]s have been selected, the most popular being 'Embley' (with fastigiate branching) and 'Serotina' (flowering later in early summer).<ref name=rushforth/>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
