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Japanese Bay Tree🌿
Machilus thunbergii
タブノキ
An evergreen tree of the Lauraceae family and a representative species of coastal laurel forests. The bark and leaves yield a powder used as incense ingredient.
Identification Points
- ✓葉は革質で倒卵形、裏面は粉白色
- ✓新芽は赤褐色で美しい
- ✓球形の黒紫色果実
Habitat
本州・四国・九州・沖縄の海岸近くの照葉樹林
Season
4〜5月（花）／7〜9月（果実）
3D Specimen Model
Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)
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Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Evergreen/Deciduous
Evergreen
Stipules
Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Aromatic
Aromatic
Stamen count
3-4
Phylogenetic Positionクスノキ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Magnoliids > Laurales > Lauraceae
Divergence Era
Early Cretaceous (approx. 120 million years ago onward)
Sources & References
🤖Claude AI
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