Rhaphiolepis umbellata

Rhaphiolepis umbellata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Korea and Japan. Growing to 1.5 m (5 ft) tall and wide, it is an evergreen shrub with glossy oval leaves, and scented white flowers, sometimes tinged with pink, in early summer.[2]

Rhaphiolepis umbellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rhaphiolepis
Species:
R. umbellata
Binomial name
Rhaphiolepis umbellata
Synonyms[1]
  • Laurus umbellata Thunb.
  • Mespilus sieboldii Blume
  • Rhaphiolepis indica f. umbellata (Thunb.) Hatus.
  • Rhaphiolepis indica var. umbellata (Thunb.) H. Ohashi
  • Rhaphiolepis japonica var. integerrima Hook. f.
  • Rhaphiolepis ovata Briot

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] It is used in Japan as an astringent and a dyeing agent. The bark contains (−)-catechin 7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside and (+)-catechin 5-0-β-d-glucopyranoside.[4]

Fruits look somewhat like little figs

References
  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  3. "RHS Plant Selector - Rhaphiolepis umbellata". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. Gen-Ichiro Nonaka; Emiko Ezakia; Katsuya Hayashia; Itsuo Nishioka (1983). "Flavanol glucosides from rhubarb and Rhaphiolepis umbellata". Phytochemistry. 22 (7): 1659–61. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(83)80105-8.


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