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4 unusual facts about Myrica rubra


Kumejima-tsumugi

It is then dyed with the kasuri technique using indigenous plant dyes and a mud mordant to give it its usual black-brown colouring; the plants used are the guru, techika, kurubo or Japanese persimmon, yamamomo, and yuna or cotton tree hibiscus.

Strawberry tree

Myrica rubra in the Myricaceae family, referred to as the Chinese strawberry tree

Waxberry

The name "Waxberry" is also a common mistranslation to the Chinese fruit, Yangmei (杨梅) or Myrica rubra.

Yangmei, Guangxi

It is named for a local fruit called yangmei (Myrica rubra).



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