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'''''Skimmia japonica''''' is a shrub that is popularly cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens and parks. Its flower can be cream-yellow to white. The fruit is a small round berry that ranges in color from purple to red. It can tolerate frost and droughts. It has been hybridized with ''[[Skimmia anquetilia]]'' to create ''[[Skimmia × confusa]]''. It is suitable for [[Bonsai]]. This species is native to [[Japan]]. It is also grown in Chinese gardens. This species has many [[cultivar]] forms.
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Skimmia japonica, Thunb. (S. oblata, Moore. S. fragrans, Carr. S. fragrantissima, Hort.). Shrub, 5 ft. high, except the minutely pubescent infl. quite glabrous: lvs. crowded at the ends of the branchlets, short-petioled, elliptic-oblong to oblong-obovate, narrowed at both ends, obtusely pointed, bright or yellowish green above, yellowish green beneath, 3 1/2 – 5 in. long: panicles 2 – 3 1/2 in. long; fls. polygamous, usually 4-merous, yellowish white: fr. coral-red or bright scarlet, globose or depressed-globose, 1/3 in. across. Spring. Japan.—S. fragrans and S. fragrantissima are names of the staminate plant; S. oblata of the pistillate. Var. ovata, Rehd. (S. oblata ovata, Carr.), has larger and broader lvs. Var. Veitchii, Rehd. (S. oblata Veitchii, Carr.), has obovate lvs. and often perfect fls.  
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Skimmia japonica, Thunb. (S. oblata, Moore. S. fragrans, Carr. S. fragrantissima, Hort.). Shrub, 5 ft. high, except the minutely pubescent infl. quite glabrous: lvs. crowded at the ends of the branchlets, short-petioled, elliptic-oblong to oblong-obovate, narrowed at both ends, obtusely pointed, bright or yellowish green above, yellowish green beneath, 3 1/2 – 5 in. long: panicles 2 – 3 1/2 in. long; fls. polygamous, usually 4-merous, yellowish white: fr. coral-red or bright scarlet, globose or depressed-globose, 1/3 in. across. Spring. Japan. S.Z. 1:68. B.M. 8038. G.C. II. 25, p. 244; III. 5, pp. 521, 524. Gn. 7, p. 183; 35, p. 480; 42, p. 133. J.H. III. 30, p. 525; 66:175; 70:343. R.H. 1869, p. 259; 1880, p. 56. F. 1865, p. 161. G.W. 5, p. 261.—S. fragrans and S. fragrantissima are names of the staminate plant; S. oblata of the pistillate. Var. ovata, Rehd. (S. oblata ovata, Carr.), has larger and broader lvs. Var. Veitchii, Rehd. (S. oblata Veitchii, Carr.), has obovate lvs. and often perfect fls. R.H. 1880, p. 57.
   
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
 
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
 
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