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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Idesia polycarpa
| image = Idesia leaves fruit 041181.jpg
| image_width = 220px
| image_caption = Idesia polycarpa leaves and fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Salicaceae]] / [[Flacourtiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Idesia]]''
| species = '''''I. polycarpa'''''
| binomial = ''Idesia polycarpa''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Maximowicz|Maxim.]]
}}
{{commons|Idesia polycarpa}}
'''Idesia polycarpa''' (Iigiri Tree) is a medium-large, [[deciduous]], [[Monoicous|dioecious]] tree generally reaching a height of 9-12 meters (30-40 feet). It is native to [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Korea]], and the [[Ryukyu Islands]].
The bark of ''I. polycarpa'' is a smooth gray. The leaves are large and heart-shaped. The fragrant flowers are small and born in [[panicle]]s. The fruit is an orange [[berry]] 5 to 8 mm across which persist until the following spring. It is edible either raw or cooked.<ref>Tanaka. T. Tanaka, "Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World" Keigaku Publishing 1976</ref>
<gallery>
Image:Idesia trunk 041188.jpg|Trunk
Image:Idesia leaves 041184.jpg|Leaves
Image:Idesia flowers 041187.jpg|Flowers
Image:Idesia fruit 053215.jpg|Fruit
</gallery>
==Notes==
<references/>
== External link ==
* [http://www.idesiatechnologies.com Idesia]
{{tree-stub}}
[[Category:Salicaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Idesia polycarpa
| image = Idesia leaves fruit 041181.jpg
| image_width = 220px
| image_caption = Idesia polycarpa leaves and fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Salicaceae]] / [[Flacourtiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Idesia]]''
| species = '''''I. polycarpa'''''
| binomial = ''Idesia polycarpa''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Maximowicz|Maxim.]]
}}
{{commons|Idesia polycarpa}}
'''Idesia polycarpa''' (Iigiri Tree) is a medium-large, [[deciduous]], [[Monoicous|dioecious]] tree generally reaching a height of 9-12 meters (30-40 feet). It is native to [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Korea]], and the [[Ryukyu Islands]].
The bark of ''I. polycarpa'' is a smooth gray. The leaves are large and heart-shaped. The fragrant flowers are small and born in [[panicle]]s. The fruit is an orange [[berry]] 5 to 8 mm across which persist until the following spring. It is edible either raw or cooked.<ref>Tanaka. T. Tanaka, "Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World" Keigaku Publishing 1976</ref>
<gallery>
Image:Idesia trunk 041188.jpg|Trunk
Image:Idesia leaves 041184.jpg|Leaves
Image:Idesia flowers 041187.jpg|Flowers
Image:Idesia fruit 053215.jpg|Fruit
</gallery>
==Notes==
<references/>
== External link ==
* [http://www.idesiatechnologies.com Idesia]
{{tree-stub}}
[[Category:Salicaceae]]
