Ternstroemia gymnanthera
Japanese ternstroemia · also Mokkoku
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This evergreen shrub or small tree features foliage that emerges reddish-bronze, matures to dark green, and turns golden yellow in fall. It produces small, fragrant white flowers in summer, followed by decorative dark red berries. Adaptable to urban conditions, it is salt-tolerant and becomes drought-resilient once established.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3,1781.4%—3.5 in
- 5370.33%—4.3 in
- 20.00%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15 ft
- Canopy spread
- 6 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.5 in, mean 3.9 in, 90th percentile 6.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Borneo lowland rain forests
- Myanmar coastal rain forests
- Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests
- Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- South Taiwan monsoon rain forests
- Sri Lanka lowland rain forests
- Sri Lanka montane rain forests
- Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests
- Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests