英語の後に日本語が続きます。
This is white early amethyst (Callicarpa japonica f. albibacca). I've seen early amethyst, which is purple, many times and photographed them through the year from buds to flowers and to fruits but saw white fruits for the first time.
Early amethyst is native to Asia and can be found across Japan. It produces flowers in clusters from July to August and tiny drupes also in clusters from September to November. Its Japanese name is "koshiro shikibu," meaning white "komurasaki," which translates to "small East Asian beautyberry" because early amethyst and East Asian beautyberry resemble each other but the former is smaller than the latter.
The Japanese names of early amethyst and East Asian beautyberry both contain "muraski," which means purple and Murasaki Shikibu or Lady Purple. Lady Purple is a Japanese novelist, poet and court lady at the Imperial court in the Heian period (794 - 118), known as the author of The Tale of Genji, which is often said to be the world's oldest long novel.
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コシロシキブ（小白式部）です。小紫（コムラサキ）は何度も見たことがあったのですが白実は初めてです。6月から8月に花を、9月から11月に実を付けます。紫式部より小さいのでコムラサキ。白い実を付けるから白実式部。単純だけどいい名前です。
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