Family | Araliaceae (also placed in Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)) |
Subfamily | Hydrocotyloideae |
Scientific name | Hydrocotyle maritima Honda |
Synonyms | Hydrocotyle formosana Masamune var. maritima (Honda) Hatusima; Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maximovicz var. maritima (Honda) M. Hiroe |
Common name | (Japanese common name) no-chidome (ノチドメ, 野血止 [meaning: field hemostasis weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China | |
Habitat | Roadside, field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=72, 96, 108 |
Description | Leaves 2-3cm across, hairy (especially backside). Flowers flowering in June to October. 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. |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |