| Family |
Araliaceae |
| Subfamily |
Aralioideae |
| Scientific name |
Aralia cordata Thunberg |
| Synonyms |
Aralia cordata Thunberg var. sachalinensis (Regel) Nakai; Aralia edulis
Siebold & Zuccarini; Aralia nudicaulis Blume, non L.; Aralia nutans
Franchet & Savatier; Aralia racemosa L. sachalinensis Regel; Aralia
schmidtii Pojarkova; Aralia taiwaniana Y. C. Liu & F. Y. Lu; Dimorphanthus
edulis (Siebold & Zuccarini) Miquel |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) udo (ウド, 独活 [meaning of udo is not clear]) |
| (English common name) cordate spikenard, Japanese asparagus, Japanese spikenard,
spikenard |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan |
| Habitat |
(Hokkaido) Fields; (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) Mountain |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=24, 48 |
| Description |
Plants 1-1.5m. Leaves alternate, pinnatifid leaflets to 2-pinnate, 5-7
leaflets each 5-16cm long, 3-8cm wide. Flowers pale green ca. 3mm across,
flowering in August to September. Fruits black purple ca. 2mm across. Perennial
plants. |
| Reference |
Aralia cordata Thunb. |
| Aralia cordata Thunberg |
| Process for producing interferon inducers (US Patent 4469685/1983) |
| Vermin exterminating element and vermin exterminating method using it (US Patent 4921703/1990) |
| Antithrombotic activity of the triterpenoids of ilex pubescens and the conversion method of the triterpenoids of ilex pubescens having no antithrombotic activity into the triterpenoids having antithrombotic activity (US Patent 4987125/1991) |
| 2-pyranone derivative and process for production thereof (US Patent 5021406/1991) |
| Bacterial Preparation for agricultural use (US Patent 5733355/1998) |
| Antimicrobial proteins from aralia and impatiens (US Patent 5861480/1999) |
| DNA encoding antimicrobial proteins from impatiens (US Patent 6150588/2000) |
| Anthocyanin producing callus line in cultures of panax sikkimensis and a method of producing panax sikkimensis line capable of producing anthocyanin (US Patent 6368860/2002) |
| Plant-activating agent (US Patent 6489269/2002) |
| Breathing film (US Patent 6395071/2002) |
| Plant cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase (US Patent 6552249/2003) |
| Chocolate composition as delivery system for nutrients and medications (US Patent 7048941/2006) |
| Genes encoding enzymes for lignin biosynthesis and uses thereof (US Patent 7148406/2006) |
| Methods for treatment of obesity and effective fat loss promotion (US Patent 7202222/2007) |
| Compositions containing sucralose and application thereof (US Patent 7229658/2007) |
| Genetic engineering of syringyl-enriched lignin in plants (US Patent 7288696/2007) |
| Liver function protecting or ameliorating agent (US Patent 7332522/2008) |
| Composition comprising the mixed herbal extract of Aralia cordata Thumb. and Cimicifuga heracleifolia Kom. for preventing and treating inflameatory disease and pain disease (WIPO Patent WO/2008/069604) |
| Note |
Some authors may argue that Aralia continentalis Kitagawa (syn. Aralia cordata Thunberg var. continentalis (Kitagawa) Y. C. Chu) should be deemed to be a synonym of Aralia cordata Thunberg. |
