Serissa japonica
(Thunb.) Thunb.
Snowrose
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Description
A small shrub. It grows 60-90 cm tall. The branches are weakly flattened. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. They are sword shaped and 1-2 cm long by 1 cm wide. The flowers can occur singly or in a group. The fruit are 2-3 mm across.
Edible Uses
The flowers are edible.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. In China it grows beside streams and in broad-leaved forests on hills between 100-1,600 m above sea level. Melbourne Botanical Gardens. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, Australia, China, Indochina Indonesia, Japan, Korea, SE Asia, Taiwan,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown by cuttings or layering.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Kembang salju, Si seribu bintang, Tree of a thousand stars
References (2)
- Eisenberg et al, 2009, Kam Local Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Resource Management in Ghuizhou and Guangxi Provinces, China. Ethnobotany Research and Applicatons 7:067-113
- Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 714
