Pentaphylacaceae
Sakaki
Cleyera japonica
- Family
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Genus
- Cleyera
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- كلييرا جابونيكا
- arz
- كلييرا جابونيكا
- Catalan
- Sakaki
- Chinese
- 紅淡比, 红淡比, 山柳, 杨桐, 榊, 日本厚皮香
- English
- Sakaki
- Finnish
- Salpapensas
- French
- Sakaki
- German
- Sperrstrauch
- Japanese
- サカキ, 榊
- Korean
- 비쭈기나무
- Persian
- ساکاکی
- Russian
- Сакаки
- Spanish
- Eroteum ochnaceum, Eurya latifolia var. variegata, Eurya ochnacea, Eurya ochnacea var. contracta
- Thai
- ซะกะกิ, ซะคะกิ
Synonyms
- Adinandra japonica (Thunb.) T.L.Ming
- Dupinia japonica (Thunb.) Franch.
- Freziera ochnacea (DC.) Nakai ex T.Mori
- Mokof japonica (Thunb.) Kuntze
- Mokofua japonica (Thunb.) Kuntze
- Taonabo japonica (Thunb.) Szyszył.
- Ternstroemia cleyera Schreb. ex Forsyth f.
- Ternstroemia japonica (Thunb.) Thunb.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: teresa lo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jimmy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ‘Uncle Carl’, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: 高橋 正也, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.