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Lasianthus japonicus Miq.

Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Lasianthus

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Lasianthus japonicus: Lasianthus japonicus in Mount Tengura, Kihoku, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
日本粗叶木, 日本粗葉木
Japanese
ルリミノキ

Synonyms

  • Lasianthus japonicus var. japonicus
  • Lasianthus nebulosus (Simizu) S.S.Ying
  • Mephitidia japonica (Miq.) Nakai
  • Mephitidia japonicus (Miq.) Nakai

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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.