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Chionanthus retusus(family: Oleaceae)

Japanese name: Hitotubatago(Nanjya-monjya)

This plant grows the moisure field of mountainside. The native plant remains only a few places mainly in Tokai-Area(Gifu, Aichi-pref). This plant has another Japanese name "Nanjya-monjya", which means name-cannot-specified. Some of this plant(or native colony) is designated a special natural treasure.

My observation records:

15/May/'99 Kamado,Hirukawa Gifu-pref full blooming
25/Apr/'98 Komaki Aichi-pref full blooming
05/May/'95 Komaki Aichi-pref too early
04/May/'95 Turumai-park Nagoya full blooming