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JAPANESE ROWAN

Sorbus commixta

Rose Family [Rosaceae]

Flowers:
month8apr month8april month8may

Berries: berryZpossible        berryZred  (edible??)
berry8aug berry8sep berry8sept berry8oct

category
category8Trees
category
category8Deciduous
category
category8Broadleaf
status
statusZalien
flower
flower8white
inner
inner8yellow
morph
morph8actino
petals
petalsZ5
type
typeZclustered
type
typeZumbel
stem
stem8round

11th Aug 2011, a garden, Fife, Scotland. Photo: © John Brailsford
A sapling. When fully grown reaches up to 7 to 10m with a rounded crown.


11th Aug 2011, a garden, Fife, Scotland. Photo: © John Brailsford
Berries (the fruit) are bright red to orange and between 7 to 8mm in diameter.


11th Aug 2011, a garden, Fife, Scotland. Photo: © John Brailsford
The leaves are pinnate with from 11 to 17 leaflets in opposing pairs, and which change to a deep-purple to red in autumn. Leaflets narrow lanceolate tapering to a point at the end and with fine curved teeth which may be reddened at the very tip.


11th Aug 2011, a garden, Fife, Scotland. Photo: © John Brailsford
The bark of a more mature specimen, which is silvery-grey to shiny-brown in colour. Bark has oval 'warts'.


An Asiatic Rowan cultivated in parks and gardens as an ornamental tree.

Some similarities to : Joseph Rock's Rowan but the leaves of that go first scarlet and then deep crimson in autumn whereas Japanese Rowan leaves turn first purple, then crimson in autumn.

The habit, bark and aspect are very similar to that of Common Rowan. The flowers, not shown, arrive a week after (but otherwise are very similar to) those of Common Rowan)) and are the usual (for Rowan) white with yellow stamens in a corymb 9-15 cm in diameter. The leaves are a rather deep green and glossy. The leaflets are longer pointed than those of Common Rowan and hairless except for a brownish down that may be present undr the mid-rib.

Japanese Rowan appears not to be in the BSBI list, therefore probably does not occur naturally in the UK.


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JAPANESE ROWAN

Sorbus commixta

Rose Family [Rosaceae]

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