Japanese wax tree (haze) honey

A Japanese honey from the blossom of the haze tree, a relative of the sumacs that grows wild on hillsides and along the coast of western Japan. Bees gather it in May and June; the honey is pale yellow.

Origin

western Japan (e.g. Hiroshima and Osaka prefectures)

Colour

34 mm · white

Taste

fresh, citrusy, delicately floral

Season

Plant

Toxicodendron succedaneum (syn. Rhus succedanea) · wax tree (Toxicodendron) →

Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.

The berries of the same tree are pressed for the plant wax used in traditional Japanese warōsoku candles.