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Viburnum plicatum

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Common names

doublefile viburnum

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

White

Detailed description

Deciduous, multi-stemmed, medium-sized shrub (2-4.5m tall). Leaves opposite, simple, ovate, serrate. Dark green above, wrinkled and pubescent beneath. Flowers white, sterile outer flowers much larger, appearing in showy clusters several inches wide. Fruit: bright red drupes produced in large clusters, ripening to black, in late summer.

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Viburnum

Family

Adoxaceae

Authority

Viburnum plicatum Thunb.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1985

Origin

China, Japan.

Other information

Etymology

viburnum: Latin name for Viburnum lantana, wayfaring tree.

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