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Syringa reticulata · japoninė alyva

  • japanese tree lilac
  • Japanische Flieder
  • japoninė alyva
  • japānas ceriņš
  • lilak japoński

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringa_reticulata Native to eastern Asia, is grown as an ornamental in Europe and North America. It is a deciduous small tree growing to a height of 12 m, rarely to 15 m, with a trunk up to 30 cm, rarely 40 cm in diameter; it is the largest species of lilac, and the only one that regularly makes a small tree rather than a shrub. The leaves are elliptic-acute, 2.5–15 cm long and 1–8 cm broad, with an entire margin, and a roughish texture with slightly impressed veins. The flowers are white or creamy-white, the corolla with a tubular base 4–6 mm long and a four-lobed apex 3–6 mm across, and a strong fragrance; they are produced in broad panicles 5–30 cm long and 3–20 cm broad in early summer. The fruit is a dry, smooth, brown capsule (15–25 mm long), splitting in two to release the two winged seeds.