04 September 1985.
Jeollanam-do, Korea, South
Locality: Jindo-gun, Imhoe-myeon: Jindo [island]: Baekdong-ri. In front of Yongtung Elementary School. [Originally listed as Cholla Namdo, Chindo Gun, Imhui Myon, Paektong-ri.]
Coordinates: 34.3901, 126.2000
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Habitat: Research station or other ex situ site
Environment description: Dug from the wild on Jindo ["Chindo"] 30 years ago and planted at present site.
Number of plants sampled: 1
Comment: Single-trunked broadleaved evergreen shrub ca 4 m tall, broadly conical; bark grayish, warty. Leaves glossy medium to dark green above, yellowish-green, lustrous beneath; petioles green. Peduncles purplish becoming red; fruits turning cranberry red, 8.5 mm long, 5.5 mm across; calyx lobes reddish-black. Very showy form with dense, heavy, showy infructescences.
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