TAKAO 599 MUSEUM

Treasures of Mt. Takao

Mt Takao is located at the borderline of warm-temperature zone and cool-temperature zone and various plants from both zones grow. There are a lot of naturally grown plants and their visitors can enjoy seasonal flowers. Over 1,500 kinds of plants are confirmed which is relevant to the number of kinds naturally grow in England. Also, over 60 kinds of plants are first found in Mt. Takao such as Takao Sumire (V. yezoensis f. discolor) and Takao Higodai (Saussurea sinuatoides).

Rhus trichocarpa
Rhus trichocarpa Anacardiaceae
They are deciduous small trees or shrubs that grow wild in the pool of the sunny forests in the mountain areas. They contain sunbstance called ‘urushiol’, which we touch the branch or the leaf, resulting in our getting a rash from lacquer. Cortex of the young trees is tinged with gray-white color, and diamond-shaped lenticel stands out, while the one of the adult trees is split shallow vertically with the dark-brown patterns. The trunk is about 5 cm wide. The leaf is an imparipinnately compound leaf, consisting of 9 to 17 lobules as one. Lobulus is egged-shaped about 5 to 12 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide with the sharp top, and only young leaf has a sawtooth (Kyoshi: tooth-like rough part like a saw at the root of a leaf) at the edge. They turn into red color in autumn. The blossom seasons are about May to June and a dioecious plant (Shiyuuisyu). From the side of the leaf, does inflorescence (Kajo: stalk blooming flowers), about 15 to 25 cm long, sprout with small yellow flowers. The seeds are a collapsed spherical shape, about 6 mm in diameter, and get matured to turn into yellowish brown in about September to October. The leaves are tinged with red.

●Height about 3 to 8 m
●Place Trail 1 and 2,Trail 4, Mt.Inari, Minami-Takao, Oku-Takao
※Quotation from Mount Takao formula application
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