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Sinocalycanthus chinensis

Sinocalycanthus chinensis

Quite a few gardens and nurseries cite this commonly as the Chinese sweetshrub, but I prefer the name used by Dr. Gerald Straley, Chinese wax shrub. The tepals of the flower are rather thick and, as you guessed from my preferred common name, waxy in texture.

You can see an end-on perspective of the fruit of Sinocalycanthus chinensis posted on the garden's discussion forums.

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Naeem commented:

its very nice photo

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