Wonder tree
Idesia polycarpa
Idesia as established by Scopoli is a suppressed name; see Diospyros.
Idesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae (formerly placed in the family Flacourtiaceae), comprising the single species Idesia polycarpa. It is native to eastern Asia in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
From the article Idesia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
At the table
The fruit is edible either raw or cooked. The species is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in other temperate regions including Europe.
Wikipedia: “Cultivation and uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Idesia polycarpa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 402779.