Hydrocotyle ramiflora




Family Araliaceae (also placed in Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae))
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
Scientific name Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maximowicz
Synonyms Hydrocotyle wilfordii Maximovicz
Common name (Japanese common name) oh-chidome (オオチドメ, 大血止 [meaning: big hemostasis weed]), yama-chodome (ヤマチドメ, 山血止 [meaning: mountain hemostasis weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan
Habitat Forest edge, field, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=24
Description Plants creeping. Leaves 1.5-3.5cm across. Flowers pale green, flowering in June to September. Fruits 1-1.5mm across. Perennial plants.
Reference Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maximowicz
Chromosome Numbers of Six Species of Hydrocotyle (Umbelliferae) in Japan
Plant culture cell and use thereof (US Patent 4970151/1990)
A blood coagulation component obtained by cultured cells (European Patent EP0443635/1991)
Method for producing l-sesamin using plant cell cultures (European Patent EP0443635/1995)
A mental disease therapeutic agent (European Patent EP0442537/1995)
Blood coagulating component (Japanese Patent JP62030723/1987)
Note Hydrocotyle maritima Honda (Hydrocotyle formosana Masamune var. maritima (Honda) Hatusima; Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maximovicz var. maritima (Honda) M. Hiroe) is not a synonym of Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maximowicz.



July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



June 2006
at Ushiku Forest Park
June 2006
at Ushiku Forest Park
June 2006
at Ushiku Forest Park