Idesia polycarpa
Common name: 
Iigiri Tree
Ligiri
Wonder Tree
Pronunciation: 
i-DE-ze-a pol-i-KAR-pa
Family: 
Flacourtiaceae
Genus: 
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Broadleaf deciduous tree, to 50 ft (15 m) tall with a similar spread.  Leaves alternate, simple, ovate to oblong-ovate, 12-25 cm long, margin crenate-serrate, deep green above; petiole 6-15 cm long, often reddish, with 1-3 concave glands visible in the middle.  Dioecious - male and female flowers on separate trees.  Flowers appear in summer, yellow-green, without petals, in terminal clusters (panicles), male clusters about 15 cm long, female clusters to 20 cm.  Fruit dull orange-red or orange-brown, pea-sized (7-8 mm across), in pendulous clusters.
  • Sun to light shade, best in moist, well-drained, neutral to acid soil.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 6    Native to China (Sichuan), Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
  • polycarpa: many fruited.
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  • Idesia polycarpa

    Idesia polycarpa

  • flowers/fruit, summer

    flowers/fruit, summer

  • winter twig

    winter twig