Fagaceae

Japanese beech

Fagus crenata Blume

Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Fagus

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Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) — FlowerPhoto: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (16)

arz: فاجوس كريناتا
Chinese: 圓齒水青冈, 圓齒水青岡, 日本山毛欅, 日本山毛櫸
Danish: Japansk Bøg
English: Japanese beech
Finnish: Japaninpyökki
French: Hêtre du Japon
German: Kerb-Buche, Gekerbte Buche, Kerbbuche
Japanese: ブナ, ぶな, イヌブナ, 山毛欅, 椈, 橅
kw: Fow Nihon
Latvian: Japānas dižskābardis
Persian: راش ژاپنی
Polish: Buk karbowany
Russian: Бук городчатый
Spanish: Buna, Haya japones, Haya japonesa, Haya japonés
Turkish: Japon kayını
Ukrainian: Бук японський

Synonyms

Fagus asiatica H.J.P.Winkl.
Fagus asiatica DC. ex Koehne
Fagus crenata var. grandifolia Nakai
Fagus ferruginea Siebold
Fagus sieboldii Endl. ex A.DC.
Fagus sieboldii Endl.
Fagus sylvatica var. sieboldii (Endl. ex A.DC.) Maxim.
Fagus winkleriana Koidz.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Σ64, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Keith Seifert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: miguel clusener godt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: poyin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.