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Leaves deciduous, alternate, without stipules, long-petioled: fls. in axillary and terminal racemes; calyx- obes, petals and stamens 5, style 3-parted : fr. 3-cellcd and 3-seeded, indehiscent. — One species in Japan, China and Himalayas.
Leaves deciduous, alternate, without stipules, long-petioled: fls. in axillary and terminal racemes; calyx- obes, petals and stamens 5, style 3-parted : fr. 3-cellcd and 3-seeded, indehiscent. — One species in Japan, China and Himalayas.
Hovenia has greenish inconspicuous flowers in axillary peduncled cymes, and small globular fruits on reddish, fleshy and edible peduncles. It grows into a small round-headed tree, with handsome somewhat shining foliage. It thrives best in sandy loam and has proved fairly hardy in favorable positions at the Arnold Arboretum. Propagation is by seeds, also by root-cuttings and cuttings of ripened wood under glass. dulcis, Thunb. (H. acerba, Lindl. H. inaequalis, DC.). Japanese Raisin Tree. To 30 ft.: lvs. cordate-ovate or ovate-acuminate, serrate, sometimes nearly entire, almost glabrous or pubescent on the veins beneath, 4-6 in. long: cymes many-fld. Japan, China, Himalayas. S.Z. 73, 74. B.M. 2360. B.R. 501. S.I.F. 2:47. A.G. 12:80. Alfred Rehder.
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