Sandankwa Viburnum, Sandanqua Viburnum         vi-BER-num sus-PEN-sum

• Evergreen shrub, multistemmed, compact, 6-12 ft (1.8-3.5 m) tall.  Leaves opposite, simple, evergreen, 5-13 cm long, 4-7.5 cm wide, ovate to oval, base rounded or wedge-shaped, tip pointed, margin toothed on the upper 2/3 or hardly at all (see below), leathery, glossy green, 4-5 vein pairs, petiole 6-12 mm long.  Flowers tubular, waxy, white with some pink, in tight clusters (panicles) 6-10 cm long and wide.  Fruit somewhat spherical, red and maturing to black, not persistent.
• Sun to part shade.  Little to moderate irrigation needed.  Often used as a hedge or screen.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 8   Native to the Japanese island of Okinawa and other Ryukyu Islands, an island chain northeast of Taiwan.
• Note:  The images presented here are from a plant grown in Oregon (visus1.htm & visus2.htm) and one at the Tucson Botanical Garden (visus3.htm & visus4.htm).  Note the differences in the leaves, either this difference in leaf shape and margins represents part of the variation of this species or possibly a mislabeling at one of these locations.  Comments would be appreciated.