Leucothoe (plant)
Leucothoe is a genus of about 6 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to Asia and the Americas. Many species have the common name doghobble.
Leucothoe species contain grayanotoxins, a group of closely related neurotoxins named after Leucothoe grayana, native to Japan.
They are shrubs growing to 1–3 m tall, either deciduous or evergreen depending on species. The leaves are alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 2–15 cm long. The flowers are produced in racemes 3–15 cm long, each flower bell-shaped, 4–20 mm long, white or occasionally pink.
;Selected species
- Leucothoe axillaris
- Leucothoe davisiae
- Leucothoe fontanesiana
- Leucothoe grayana
- Leucothoe griffithiana
- Leucothoe keiskei
- Leucothoe populifolia
- Leucothoe racemosa
- Leucothoe recurva
- ''Leucothoe tonkinensis''