Callicarpa japonica Thunb., Lamiaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 5 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Callicarpa glabra Koidz.

Common name(s): [more details]

Chinese: ri ben zi zhu

English: Japanese beauty-berry, Japanese callicarpa, beauty-berry

Japanese: murasaki-shikibu

Habit:  shrub

Description:  "Shrubs ca. 2 m tall. Branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaf blade elliptic, ovate, or obovate, 7-18 x 4-8 cm, glabrous, base cuneate, margin serrulate above middle, apex bluntly caudate-acuminate to acute. Cymes delicate, ca. 2 cm across; peduncle 6-10 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, teeth obtusely triangular. Corolla white or purplish, ca. 3 mm, glabrous. Filaments equal or slightly longer than corolla tube; anthers ca. 1.8 mm, exserted. Fruit globose, ca. 2.5 mm in diameter."

var. japonica:  "Peduncle equal or longer than petioles"
var. luxurians:  "Peduncle shorter than petioles"  (Flora of China online).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced cultivated	Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2013) var. luxurians Rehder in Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
China China	China (People's Republic of)	native	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013) 200-900 m. Anhui, Guizhou, Hebei, W Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, E Sichuan, Zhejiang.
Japan Japan	Japan	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Japan Ryukyu Islands	Ryukyu Islands	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
North Korea North Korea	North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
South Korea South Korea	South Korea (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Taiwan Taiwan Island	Taiwan Island	native	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013) 200-900 m.

Control:  If you know of control methods for Callicarpa japonica, please let us know.