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Myrica rubra, the Chinese bayberry or yangmei, is an evergreen subtropical tree grown for its sweet-tart fruit. It needs a mild, humid climate and well-drained, acidic soil.
Myrica rubra is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae. A subtropical tree grown for its fruit, M. rubra is native to a region including southeastern China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
The fruit, known as yangmei, yumberry or the Chinese bayberry, is favored for its juice and flavor.
Chinese cultivation is concentrated south of the Yangtze River, where it has considerable economic importance and has been grown for at least 2000 years.
It tolerates poor acidic soils. The root system is 5–60 cm (2.0–23.6 in) deep, with no obvious taproot.
It is native to eastern Asia, mainly in south-central China in province of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang; Japan, Korea, and the Philippines in forests on mountain slopes and valleys at elevations of 100–1,500 metres (330–4,920 ft). Seeds are dispersed by Japanese macaques and Yakushima macaques.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrica rubra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
