ハナヒリノキ

Meanings

Leucothoe grayana; a species of ericaceous plant

usually written using kana alone

A specific plant species in the Ericaceae family. The name literally means 'sneeze tree', referring to the use of its leaves to induce sneezing in traditional medicine.

ハナヒリノキは山さん地ちの湿しっ地ちに生はえる常じょう緑りょく低てい木ぼくです。
Leucothoe grayana is an evergreen shrub that grows in mountainous wetlands.
昔むかし、ハナヒリノキの葉はを鼻はなに詰つめてくしゃみを出ださせたそうです。
It is said that in the past, people stuffed leaves of Leucothoe grayana into their noses to induce sneezing.