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Betulaceae

Japanese hornbeam

Carpinus japonica Blume

Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Carpinus

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Common names

By language (15)
Arabic
شرد ياباني
arz
شرد يابانى
Bulgarian
Японски габър
Chinese
日本鹅耳枥
English
Japanese hornbeam
Finnish
Japaninvalkopyökki
German
Japanische Hainbuche
hsb
Japanski hrab
Hungarian
Japán gyertyán
Japanese
クマシデ, オオクマシデ, カタシデ, 熊四手
Latvian
Japānas skābardis
Norwegian Bokmål
Japanagnbøk
Polish
Grab japoński
Russian
Граб японский
Turkish
Japon gürgeni

Synonyms

  • Carpinus carpinoides Makino
  • Carpinus carpinoides var. cordifolia (H.J.P.Winkl.) Makino
  • Carpinus carpinus (Siebold & Zucc.) Sarg.
  • Carpinus distegocarpus Koidz.
  • Carpinus japonica var. caudata H.J.P.Winkl.
  • Carpinus japonica var. cordifolia H.J.P.Winkl.
  • Distegocarpus carpinoides Siebold & Zucc.
  • Distegocarpus carpinus Siebold & Zucc.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.