''Eubotryoides grayana'' (syn. ''Leucothoe grayana''), is a species of flowering plant in the family

Ericaceae The Ericaceae () are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread acros ...

, native to the southern

Kuril Islands The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch approximately northeast from Hokkaido in Japan to Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, separating the ...

and to northern and central Japan. It is the sole member of its genus, ''Eubotryoides''. A highly variable deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub reaching , it is distinguished from members of the closely related doghobble genus '' Leucothoe'' by its terminal

raceme A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...

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Vaccinioideae Monotypic Ericaceae genera Flora of the Kuril Islands Flora of Japan Plants described in 1935 {{Ericaceae-stub