Spotted Laurel (Aucuba japonica)

Family: Aucubaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Red. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Rounded, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Leaves - cooked. An emergency food. It would have to be quite an emergency to convince me to eat them. — An emergency food.; It would have to be quite an emergency to convince me to eat them.

Habitat & North American Range

Woods in lowland and mountains all over Japan. In rich forest soils of moist valleys, dense forests, thickets, by streams and near shaded moist rocks in China. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)