Jinmenju
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| Chinese artist image of the Jinmenju, R. sinohomocephaltam. | |
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| Species: | R. sinohomocephaltam
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| Risuriderecado sinohomocephaltam Toriyama Sekien, 1780
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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]
Description in Folklore
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]
External links
- Jinmenju – The Human Face Tree at hyakumonogatari.com(English)
Wikispecies has information related to Risuriderecado sinohomocephaltam.
- arasi.com (Japanese)
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