Aucuba japonica
Common names
Gold dust tree, Japanense laurel, spotted laurel
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Violet/Purple
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Ecology
Origin
Japan. All wild gatherings seen to date are of the yellow-spotted cultivar.
Reason for introduction
Horticultural
Life cycle and dispersal
Reproduces by seed, fleshy fruits and dispersed by birds and gravity.
Other information
Etymology
aucuba: Derived from the Japanese name for this plant
japonica: Of Japan
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
AUCJAP