Aucuba japonica

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Read about Aucuba japonica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Aucuba japonica, Thunb. A stout shrub, 4-15 ft.: lvs. usually ovate, 3-8 in. long, remotely and coarsely dentate, obtusely acuminate, shining: petals obtusely acuminate: berries scarlet, rarely white or yellow, usually oblong. From Himalayas to Japan. B.M. 5512. I.H. 11:399. S.I.F. 2:59. F.S. 16:1609. F. 1865:65 — There are a great number of garden forms in cultivation, mostly with variegated leaves; the latter are more often cult, than the green forms. Handsome variegated forms are: Var. latimaculata, Kirchn.(var. aureo-maculata, Dombrain). Lvs. ovate-oblong with a large irregular yellow blotch in the middle and smaller yellow dots around it. P.M. 10:527. F.W. 1876:353. Var. variegata, Dombrain, not Regel (var. maculata, Regel, var. picta, Hort., var. punctata, Hort.). Gold Dust Tree. Fig. 439. Lvs. with numerous yellow spots. —The most commonly cult. form. B.M. 1197. F.M. 5:277. R.H. 1866:292. Var. limbata, Bull. Lvs. large, coarsely dentate, with a greenish yellow margin. Var. bicolor, Regel. Lvs. with a large yellow blotch in the middle, ovate to ovate-oblong, remotely dentate. The following forms have green Lvs.: Var. angustifolia, Regel (var. salicifolia, Hort.). Lvs. narrowly oblong- lanceolate. Var. concolor, Regel (var. viridis, Hort.). Lvs. ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-ovate, remotely and coarsely serrate. Gt. 25:859. Var. dentate, Carr. (var. macrodonta, Hort.). Lvs. elliptic, coarsely and long-dentate. Var. macrophylla, Bull. Lvs. large and broad, remotely and slightly dentate. Var. ovata, Regel. Lvs. ovate, coarsely sinuately dentate, dark green, lustrous, Var. pygmaea, Regel. Low: Lvs. ovate-oblong, remotely and sharply dentate, bright green, dull. Differently colored frs. distinguish the following forms: Var. luteocarpa, Rehd. (A. luteocarpa, Dombrain) with yellow fr. F.M. 1872: 12. Var. leucocarpa, Matsum. & Nakai, with white fr.—A. cranifolia, once offered in American trade, is probably a form of A. japonica. To indicate whether a certain form is a staminate or a fruit-bearing plant, mascula or femina (foemina) is often added to the varietal name. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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