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Ardisia crenata Sims
Family: PrimulaceaeEnglish: Coralberry
Japanese: マンリョウ (万両) [Manryō]
The festive red berries are used decoratively to celebrate the New Year in Japan. Usually identifiable by downward-hanging berries, for some reason the berries often stick upwards on Yakushima specimens of A. crenata. Look for it in forests and cryptomeria plantations at middle elevations.
References:
九州野山の花 片野田逸朗,2004：南方新社
米倉浩司・梶田忠 (2003-) 「BG Plants 和名－学名インデックス」（YList），http://ylist.info（ 2019年8月14日）