Debregeasia orientalis, common name yanagi ichigo, is a large shrub belonging to the family Urticaceae.
Description Debregeasia orientalis can reach a height of . Branchlets are dark reddish and slender. Leaves are dark green, alternate, oblong- to linear-lanceolate, with dark reddish petioles. Inflorescences show many globose glomerules, 3–5 mm in diameter. The fruits are edible and can be used to make wine.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994 Flora of China
Distribution This species is native to Bhutan, north-eastern India, Nepal, China, Taiwan and Japan. It prefers shaded, wet places in mountain valleys, at an elevation of above sea level.
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References
Chen, C.-C. 1991. A new species of Debregeasia (Urticaceae-Boehmerieae) from Asia and a new record of D. wallichiana for China. Novon 1:56–57. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993 –. Flora of Japan.
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