- Japanese Common Name
- Yaeyamanekonochichi
- Scientific name
- Rhamnella franguloides var. inaequilatera
- Taxonomy
- Order: Rosales, Family: Rhamnaceae
- Size
- About 4 cm - 8 cm in height
- Species Distribution
- Amamioshima, Iriomote, Ishigaki, Okinawa, and Uotsurijima Islands
- Okinawan Common Name
- Yama-quargi
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- This species is found in lowlands to mountain areas. Its Japanese common name, Yaeyamanekonochichi, came from the name of an area of Okinawa, Yaeyama, and cat’s nipple in Japanese because of shape similarities.
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- Updated November 2018
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