Styracaceae
Japanese snowbell
Styrax japonicus
- Family
- Styracaceae
- Genus
- Styrax
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- ستيراكس جابونيكوس
- Chinese
- 野茉莉, 候风藤, 君迁子, 木桔子, 耳完桃, 茉莉苞, 野花棓, 黑茶花
- English
- Japanese snowbell
- Finnish
- Japaninstoraksi
- German
- Japanischer Storaxbaum
- Japanese
- エゴノキ, チサノキ, ロクロギ
- Korean
- 때죽나무, 때죽나무꽃
- Polish
- Styrak japoński, Styrakowiec japoński
- ryu
- シタマギ, シチャマ, シチャマギ, スタマ
- Swedish
- Japansk storax
Synonyms
- Cyrta japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Miers
- Styrax bodinieri H.Lév.
- Styrax cavaleriei H.Lév.
- Styrax duclouxii Perkins
- Styrax grandiflorus Griff.
- Styrax japonicus f. angustifolius (Koidz.) Sugim.
- Styrax japonicus f. jippei-kawakamii (Yanagita) T.Yamaz.
- Styrax japonicus f. parviflorus Y.Kimura
- Styrax japonicus f. pendulus T.Yamaz.
- Styrax japonicus f. rubicalyx Satomi
- Styrax japonicus f. tomentosus (Hatus.) T.Yamaz.
- Styrax japonicus f. zigzag (Koidz.) Sugim.
- Styrax japonicus var. angustifolius Koidz.
- Styrax japonicus var. calycothrix Gilg
- Styrax japonicus var. iriomotensis Masam.
- Styrax japonicus var. japonicus
- Styrax japonicus var. jippei-kawamurae (Yanagita) H.Hara
- Styrax japonicus var. kotoensis (Hayata) Masam. & Suzuki
- Styrax japonicus var. longipedunculatus Z.Ying Zhang
- Styrax japonicus var. nervillosus Z.Ying Zhang
- Styrax japonicus var. tomentosus Hatus.
- Styrax japonicus var. zigzag Koidz.
- Styrax jippei-kawamurae Yanagita
- Styrax kotoensis Hayata
- Styrax philippinensis Merr. & Quisumb.
- Styrax seminatus Farges
- Styrax touchanensis H.Lév.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Yushin Hozumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Yushin Hozumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Bay Yount, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Yushin Hozumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ananth Kashikar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.