Myricaceae

Red bayberry

Myrica rubra (Lour.) Siebold & Zucc.

Family: Myricaceae
Genus: Myrica

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Red bayberry: Morella rubra — Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (24)

arz: ميريكا روبرا
bo: དབྱང་མེ།
Cantonese: 楊梅
Catalan: Yangmei
cdo: Iòng-muòi
Chinese: 杨梅, 楊梅, 山杨梅, 朱红, 珠蓉, 杨梅叶, 杨梅树皮, 杨梅核仁
Dutch: Yang mei, Chinese bayberry, Chinese strawberry tree, Yangmei
English: Red bayberry
Filipino: Tsampoy, Bay berry, Bayberry, Champoi, Champoy, Champuy, Chinese strawberry, Sampoy
French: Fraise chinoise
German: Yangmei
Japanese: ヤマモモ, やまもも, ミリカ, ヤマモモ属, ヨウバイヒ, 山桃, 楊梅, 楊梅皮
Korean: 소귀나무, 속나무
lzh: 楊梅
Malay: Iumui
Malayalam: മറൈക്ക റൂബ്ര
mnc: ᠵᠠᠨᠵᡠᡵᡳ
mwl: Xinomorangano
nan: Chhiū-m̂
Persian: توتفرنگی چینی
Russian: Восковница красная, Восковник красный, Красная восковница
Spanish: Arrayan chino, Arrayán chino, Yangmei
Thai: หยางเหมย
Turkish: Çin koca yemişi

Synonyms

Morella rubra Lour.
Morella rubra f. alba (Makino) Yonek.
Myrica rubra f. alba (Makino) Okuyama
Myrica rubra var. acuminata Nakai
Myrica rubra var. alba Makino

Flowers

In flower: February to April (from 63 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: NAGAI Eiji, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0, 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). About our plant data.