フィールド日記
2024.12.17
シロダモ
シロダモが咲いてます。クスノキ科の常緑の中高木で、林内でよく見られます。雌雄異株で、写真は雄株です。和名は、タブノキに似ていて、葉の裏が白いことに由来するようです。
"Shirodamo (シロダモ)" trees are in bloom. They are the evergreen semi-tall trees of the Lauraceae family that often grow in forests. They are a dioecious plant and this one in the photo is a male tree. The name comes from the fact that the back of their leaves is whitish and they look like one of their relatives called "Tabunoki (タブノキ)".
