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Helwingia japonica [female] (Japanese helwingia with male flowers, hana ikada mesu)
¥1,500 （incl. tax）
A deciduous shrub that belongs to the order Aquifoliales.
The plant’s Japanese name, hana ikada (meaning “flowers on a raft”), derives from how its flowers grow from the center of the leaves, which is likened to a person standing on a raft.