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{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Myricaceae
| name = ''Myrica rubra''
|genus=Myrica
| image = Yangmeifruits.jpg
|species=rubra
| image_width = 260px
|habit=tree
| image_caption = ''Myrica rubra'' fruits
|features=edible, fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|Temp Metric=°F
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
|image=Yangmeifruits.jpg
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
|image_width=240
| familia = [[Myricaceae]]
|image_caption=''Myrica rubra'' fruits
}}
}}
'''''Myrica rubra''''', also called '''yangmei'''; '''yamamomo''', '''Chinese Bayberry''', '''Japanese Bayberry''', '''Red Bayberry''', or '''Chinese strawberry tree''' (and often mistranslated from Chinese as '''[[arbutus]]''') is subtropical [[tree]] grown for its sweet crimson to dark purple-red [[fruit]].
It is native to eastern [[Asia]], mainly in [[China]].
It is native to eastern [[Asia]], mainly in [[China]], where it has been grown for at least 2000 years, and probably also [[Japan]] and [[Southeast Asia]] as well. Chinese cultivation is concentrated south of the [[Yangtze River]], where it is of considerable economic importance.
It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 10-20 [[metre]]s in height, [[evergreen]], with smooth gray bark and a uniform spherical to hemispherical crown. It is [[dioecious]], with separate male and female plants. It tolerates poor [[acid]]ic [[soil]]s. The [[root]] system is shallow (5–60 [[centimeter|cm]]), with no obvious [[taproot]].
The fruit is spherical, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, with a knobby surface. The surface color is typically a deep, brilliant red, but may vary from white to purple. The flesh color is similar to surface color, or somewhat lighter. The flesh is sweet and very tart. At the center is a single seed, with a diameter about half that of the whole fruit.
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Myrica rubra, Sieb. & Zucc. (M. Nagi, DC., not Thunb.). Shrub or small tree: branchlets slightly pubescent: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acutish, cuneate, entire or serrate above the middle, dark green above, paler beneath, glabrous, 3-5 in. long: staminate catkins cylindric; stamens 6-10: fr. globose or ovoid, tuberculate, deep red- purple, ½l in. across; stone ovoid, compressed. April, May; fr. in July. S. China, Japan.—Cult. for its edible fr. There is a variety with rose-colored finer flavored fr. The berries are vinous and sweet with a pleasant acid taste and are used like blackberries; the fresh juice makes an agreeable beverage. The tree is supposed to stand about 15° of frost. Intro, in 1889. The M. Nagi, Thunb., is Podocarpus Nagi.
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==References==
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006094 Flora of China: ''Myrica rubra'']
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*[http://www.mipang.com/blog/459.726432fa50.htm ''Myrica rubra'' photos]
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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