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Scientific name
Berberis koreana Palib.
Family
Berberidaceae
Japanese
チョウセンメギ
English
Korean barberry
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General information

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Leaves

Caespitose at nodes, thick and obovate, ovate or elliptic, apex obtuse and base acute,

Inflorescences

Bisexual flowers, raceme

Habit

Sunny foot of a mountain

Distribution

Gyeonggi-do, Norh Gangwon-do

English common name

Korean barberry

Life cycle

Deciduous broadleaf shrub

Flowering

May

Seed production and maturing

Sep.

Height

2m

Flower color

Yellow

Fruit

Berry, globose or ovate orbicular, glossy and ripen with red coloured

Use

Planting for ornamental. Stems used for craft. Young fresh leaves used for edible. Roots and branches, leaves used for medicine(acute enteritis, dysentery, jaundice etc.)

Significance

Korea endemic species

Branches

Branching many, twigs have groove, have 1-3 sharp prickles each nodes, second year branches red or dark brown

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