page_title: Skimmia
hierarchical_section_title: Skimmia
caption_attribution_description: Photographed by Musical Linguist from her garden.
context_page_description: Skimmia is a genus of four species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the Rue family, Rutaceae, all native to warm temperate regions of Asia. The leaves are clustered at the ends of the shoots, simple, lanceolate, 6–21 cm long and 2–5 cm broad, with a smooth margin. The flowers are in dense panicle clusters, each flower small, 6–15 mm diameter, with 4-7 petals. The fruit is red to black, 6–12 mm diameter, a fleshy drupe containing a single seed. All parts of the plant have a pungent aroma when crushed. The botanical name, Skimmia, is a Latinization of shikimi, which is the Japanese name for Illicium religiosum as well as an element in miyama shikimi, the Japanese name for Skimmia japonica.
  Species and subspecies
  Skimmia anquetilia N.P.Taylor & Airy Shaw. Western Himalaya to Afghanistan. Shrub to 2 m.
  Skimmia arborescens T.Anderson ex Gamble. Eastern Himalaya to southeast Asia. Shrub or small tree to 15 m.
  Skimmia japonica Thunb. Japan, China. Shrub to 7 m.
  Skimmia japonica subsp. distincte-venulosa T.C.Ho
  Skimmia japonica var. lutchuensis T.Yamaz.
  Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana N.P.Taylor & Airy Shaw
  Skimmia laureola Decne. Nepal to Vietnam and China.
context_section_description: Skimmia is a genus of four species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the Rue family, Rutaceae, all native to warm temperate regions of Asia. The leaves are clustered at the ends of the shoots, simple, lanceolate, 6–21 cm long and 2–5 cm broad, with a smooth margin. The flowers are in dense panicle clusters, each flower small, 6–15 mm diameter, with 4-7 petals. The fruit is red to black, 6–12 mm diameter, a fleshy drupe containing a single seed. All parts of the plant have a pungent aroma when crushed. The botanical name, Skimmia, is a Latinization of shikimi (シキミ, 樒), which is the Japanese name for Illicium religiosum as well as an element in miyama shikimi (ミヤマシキミ, 深山樒), the Japanese name for Skimmia japonica.
  Species and subspecies
  Skimmia anquetilia N.P.Taylor & Airy Shaw. Western Himalaya to Afghanistan. Shrub to 2 m.
  Skimmia arborescens T.Anderson ex Gamble. Eastern Himalaya to southeast Asia. Shrub or small tree to 15 m.
  Skimmia japonica Thunb. Japan, China. Shrub to 7 m.
  Skimmia japonica subsp. distincte-venulosa (Hayata) T.C.Ho
  Skimmia japonica var. lutchuensis (Nakai) T.Yamaz.
  Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana (Fortune) N.P.Taylor & Airy Shaw
  Skimmia laureola (DC.) Decne. Nepal to Vietnam and China. Shrub or small tree to 13 m.
  Skimmia laureola subsp. lancasteri N.P.Taylor
  Skimmia laureola subsp. multinervia (C.C.Huang) N.P.Taylor & Airy Shaw
  Skimmias are fed on by aphids, Horse Chestnut Scale, Garden Leafhopper, and Southern Red Mite.
caption: Skimmia with berries
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