Oriental photinia
Pourthiaea villosa
Synonyms: Photinia variabilis, Photinia villosa var. glabricalycina, Photinia wuyishanensis, Photinia arguta var. laevis, Pourthiaea villosa var. oblongifolia, Photinia parvifolia var. tenuipes, Photinia villosa var. coreana, Photinia arguta var. sinensis, Pourthiaea villosa var. zollingeri, Pourthiaea parvifolia, Pourthiaea villosa var. yakusimensis, Pourthiaea lanata, Photinia parvifolia, Pourthiaea thunbergii, Pyrus mokpoensis, Photinia laevis, Pourthiaea kankoensis, Photinia villosa var. laevis, Viburnum komarovii, Photinia parvifolia var. kankoensis, Pourthiaea zollingeri var. yesoensis, Pyrus komarovii, Pourthiaea villosa var. laevis, Pyrus brunnea, Pourthiaea laevis var. albescens, Pyrus sinensis var. maximowicziana, Pourthiaea villosa var. coreana, Pourthiaea laevis var. parvifolia, Pourthiaea villosa var. parvifolia, Pourthiaea villosa var. brunnea, Photinia villosa var. parvifolia, Pourthiaea laevis var. yesoensis, Pyrus maximowicziana, Pourthiaea cotoneaster, Photinia villosa var. tenuipes, Crataegus laevis, Pourthiaea villosa f. oblongifolia, Crataegus cavaleriei, Photinia cotoneaster, Photinia villosa var. emergens, Pourthiaea villosa var. typica, Pyrus fantabulosa, Rhaphiolepis laevis, Pourthiaea villosa var. sinica, Photinia arguta var. villosa, Pourthiaea villosa var. yokohamensis, Photinia laevis var. villosa, Pourthiaea oldhamii, Photinia villosa var. brunnea, Photinia subumbellata, Pourthiaea variabilis, Mespilus villosa, Sorbus terminalis, Photinia villosa var. zollingeri, Pyrus villosa, Sorbus villosa f. laevis, Pourthiaea laevis, Stranvaesia digyna, Photinia cardotii, Photinia koreana, Photinia villosa var. sinica, Photinia villosa f. maximowicziana, Photinia subumbellata var. villosa, Photinia villosa var. typica, Pourthiaea villosa var. tenuipes, Pourthiaea laevis var. crassiuscula, Photinia parvifolia var. subparvifolia, Pourthiaea laevis var. villosa, Pourthiaea brunnea, Pourthiaea laevis var. zollingeri, Sorbus villosa, Pyrus spectabilis var. albescens, Pourthiaea coreana, Photinia subparvifolia, Mespilus laevis, Crataegus villosa, Pourthiaea zollingeri, Symplocos lucida, Photinia villosa, Photinia komarovii
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Botanical Description
Pourthiaea villosa, the oriental photinia (formerly Photinia villosa), is a deciduous shrub or small tree in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to eastern Asia in China, Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East. Plants reach 3-5 meters in height, often with several spreading branches forming a rounded crown; young twigs are densely covered with long, soft, whitish hairs that gradually become glabrous. The leaves are alternate, simple, obovate to oblong-elliptic, 3-8 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, with finely serrate margins, an acute apex, and a cuneate base; the underside is sparsely to densely pubescent along the veins, especially when young. Foliage turns bright orange to red in autumn. Inflorescences are terminal compound corymbs 3-6 cm across bearing many small white flowers; each flower has five rounded petals about 4-5 mm long, twenty stamens with pink anthers, and two carpels. The fruit is a small ovoid pome 6-8 mm long, ripening bright red and persisting into winter. The species grows on mountain slopes, woodland margins, and rocky thickets, and is cultivated as an ornamental for autumn colour.
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Traditional American Uses
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