梫木,原名:馬醉木,別名:日本馬醉木,拉丁文名:Pieris japonica (Thunb.) D. Don ex G. Don. 杜鵑花科、馬醉木屬灌木或小喬木,樹皮棕褐色,小枝開展,無毛;冬芽倒卵形,芽鱗3-8枚,呈覆瓦狀排列。葉革質,密集枝頂,橢圓狀披針形,先端短漸尖,基部狹楔形,稀近於全緣,無毛,表面深綠色,背面淡綠色,主脈在兩面凸起,側脈在表面下陷,在背面不明顯,小脈網狀;花絲纖細,有長柔毛,基部較多;子房近球形,無毛;花柱細長,柱頭細小,頭狀。蒴果近於扁球形,無毛。花期4-5月,果期7-9月。
Pieris japonica (Thunb.) D. Don ex G. Don, Gen. Syst. 3: 832. 1834; Nakai, Trees and Shrubs Jap. ed. 2. 200. fig. 100. 1927; Rehd. Man. Cult. Trees and Shrubs ed. 2. 732. 1940 et Bibl. Man. Cult. Trees and Shrubs 530a. 1949; 陳嶸, 中國樹木分類學962. 圖850. 1953; J. Ohwi, Fl. Jap. 1039. 1978; Judd in Journ. Arn. Arb. 63: 115-121. fig. 3. 1982. ——Andromeda japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. 181. t. 22. 1784. ——Pieris popowi Palib. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 6: 20. 1906. ——P. taiwanensis Hayata in Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 30: 169. 1911.——P. polita W. W. Smith et Jeffr. in Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 19: 117. 1916.——Lyonia popowi (Palib.) Chun in Sunyatsenia 4: 253. 1940. ——L. polita (W. W. Smith et Jeffr. ) Chun in Sunyatsenia 4: 253. 1940.