Aucuba japonica
Common name
Gold dust tree, Japanense laurel, spotted laurel
Family
Cornaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
AUCJAP
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Violet/Purple
Life cycle
Reproduces by seed, fleshy fruits and dispersed by birds and gravity.
Origin
Japan. All wild gatherings seen to date are of the yellow-spotted cultivar.
Reason for introduction
Horticultural
Etymology
aucuba: Derived from the Japanese name for this plant
japonica: Of Japan