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Exemplar de Hovenia dulcis (uva-do-japão; Rhamnaceae), com frutos maduros.
Árvore exótica, originária de Japão, China e a Himalaia. No leste do Paraná encontrada com flores de novembro a janeiro e com frutos de janeiro a setembro.
(16/03/2024; Brazil, estado do Paraná, município de Curitiba, bairro Cidade Industrial de Curitiba [CIC], Praça Plínio Anciutti Pessoa).

北枳椇，又名玄圃梨、拐枣、万寿果，为鼠李科枳椇属下的一个硬木的物种。高大乔木或稀灌木。 北枳椇分布于亚洲，由中国东部及朝鲜半岛到喜马拉雅山脉海拔二千米以下山区里的沙地或比较松软的泥土。 北枳椇除了在其原生地，也被当作观赏树而引进其他国家种植。其果实可食用，有汉医研究指可清肝毒，并制作成健康饮品在韩国发售。《陆疏》：“枸树山木，其状如栌，高大如白杨，枝柯不直，子着枝端，大如指，长数寸，啖啖之甘美如饴，八九月熟。今官园种之，谓之木蜜。” 美东极少见

This is a captive specimen of the somewhat rare Hemerocallis fulva var. rosea which was originally found in central China. They were brought into cultivation from wild collected seeds. From that initial introduction this specific seedling was selected for further propagation and sharing among daylily breeders because of how attractive it was. This wild Chinese selection is credited as being the original source of pink coloration in cultivated hybrid daylilies.

Most cultivated daylilies with similar color to this should be assumed to be of hybrid origin unless they are of known provenance since this pure species form is not very available and may not exist much outside of the collections of serious enthusiasts. Presumably the only place that truly wild sightings of this variety should be found is in China.

The most commonly seen specimens of H. fulva do contain the same reddish-pink anthocyanin pigment known as cyanidin-3-rutinoside, but appear primarily orange due to also producing two carotinoids (zeaxanthin and lutein). For more information see: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279482000_Flower_Pigments_within_Hemerocallis_fulva_L_fm_fulva_fm_rosea_and_fm_disticha

Japanese name: カヤ, 榧, kaya.
"Yono's big Kaya 与野の榧", a monumental tree more than 1000 years old, planted in the Heian Period. Designated as National Natural Monument. Now it stands in the parking lot in front of the Myoko Temple 妙行寺.