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Coriaria (corium, skin, leather; a shrub used for tanning leather was described as frutex coriarius, by Pliny). Coriariaceae. Shrubs or perennial herbs grown chiefly for their ornamental fruits.
Leaves deciduous, entire, 3-9-nerved, opposite and distichous: fls. polygamous-monoecious in slender racemes, small; petals and sepals 5; stamens 10: fr. berry-like, consisting of 5 1-seeded nutlets inclosed by the enlarged and colored petals. — About 8 species in Himalayas and E. Asia, Medit. region, N. Zeal, and S. Amer. Ornamental shrubs or herbs, with slender arching branches imitating pinnate lvs., and with very showy yellow, red or black fr. The lvs. of some species are used for tanning leather; the frs. are poisonous in some species, edible in others. C. japonica has proved hardy with slight protection in Mass., and C. terminalis seems to be of the same hardiness; the other species are more tender. They grow in almost any good garden soil, and prefer sunny position. Prop. readily by seeds and greenwood cuttings in summer under glass; also by suckers and layers.
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