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Jinmenju
	Chinese artist image of the Jinmenju, R. sinohomocephaltam.
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Rosales
(unranked):	Cryptid
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Spiraeoideae
Tribe:	Amygdaleae
Subtribe:	Fructiparcorpaea
Genus:	Risuriderecado
Species:	R. sinohomocephaltam
Binomial name
	Risuriderecado sinohomocephaltam; Toriyama Sekien, 1780
Synonyms
	Panosporema sinohomocephaltamus

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Jinmenju or Ninmenju (人面樹, human-face tree^{[citation needed]}) is a strange tree illustrated in Toriyama Sekien's Konjaku Hyakki Shūi^{[citation needed]}

Legend^{[citation needed]} has it that the tree grows "in remote mountain valleys in China."^{[citation needed]}

The jinmenju's fruit appear to be "human heads. The faces are always smiling or laughing, even as they fall from their branch."^{[citation needed]}

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 The jinmenju's [[fruit]] appear to be ''"human heads. The faces are always smiling or laughing, even as they fall from their branch."''{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
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-==Suggested Reading==
+*[http://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/06/03/jinmenju-the-human-face-tree// Jinmenju – The Human Face Tree] at hyakumonogatari.com(English)
 {{wikispecies|Risuriderecado sinohomocephaltam}}
 *[http://www.arasi.com/ayashi/07/jinmenju.shtml arasi.com] (Japanese)