Garryaceae
Japanese laurel
Aucuba japonica
- Family
- Garryaceae
- Genus
- Aucuba
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- أوكوبة يابانية
- Armenian
- Աուկուբա ճապոնական
- arz
- اوكوبه يابانيه
- Asturian
- Aucuba
- Basque
- Ereinotz nabar, Ereinotz pikardatua
- Belarusian
- Аўкуба японская
- Chinese
- 東瀛珊瑚, 青木, 东瀛珊瑚
- Croatian
- Japanska aukuba
- Czech
- Aukuba japonská
- Danish
- Haveaucuba, Have-Aucuba, Have-Paletblad, Paletblad
- English
- Japanese laurel, Gold dust plant, Japanese aucuba, Spotted laurel
- Finnish
- Kiiltopensas
- Galician
- Loureiro xaponés
- German
- Japanische Aukube, Goldorange, Japanische Goldorange
- hsb
- Japanska awkuba
- Hungarian
- Japán babérsom
- Japanese
- アオキ
- Korean
- 식나무
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Japanvinterpryd
- Persian
- شمشاد ژاپنی
- Polish
- Aukuba japońska
- Russian
- Аукуба японская
- Slovak
- Aukuba japonská
- Swedish
- Aukuba
- Welsh
- Coeden frech felen
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 71 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Hannah Jones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Se Lena, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Jose Castro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.