Styrax obassia


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 35 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
Width: 20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 6 to 10
Flower features: white
Scientific Names

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Styrax obassia is a species of flowering plant in the Styracaceae family.


Read about Styrax obassia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Styrax obassia, Sieb. & Zucc. Shrub or small tree, 30 ft. high: young branchlets and petioles covered with a quickly disappearing floccose rusty tomentum: lvs. orbicular to broadly obovate or oval, abruptly acuminate, usually rounded at the base, remotely dentate above the middle and sometimes tricuspidate at the apex, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, 6-10 in. long: fls. fragrant, in racemes 5-7 in. long; rachis glabrous; pedicels and calyx finely tomentose; corolla 3/4 in. long, with slightly spreading obovate-oblong petals: fr. 3/4 in. long, ovoid, pointed. May. Japan. CH


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